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Mumbai:
The Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union on Monday organized a Symposium on
Restoration of AMU’s Minority Character.
It was resolved the symposium that AMU Students’ Union will launch a massive
movement for the restoration of Minority Character of this
University.
The Convener of the Symposium and Acting President of
the AMUSU, Tausif Alam said that the AMUSU will hold public
meetings in different parts of the country to mobilize a mass
support, an AMU official said Monday.
Noted Islamic scholar, Maulana Kalbe Jawwad of Lucknow, Maulana
Aamir Rashadi Mdani, National President of Rashtriya Ulema
Council, Dr. Tasleem Rehmani, President, Muslim Political Council
of India, Dr. Abdul Mannan of Peace party, Professor Bhim Singh,
President, Panthers’ Party, J&K, Saleem Peerzada, National
President of Parcham Party of India, Shafiqur Rahman Barq, MP,
Ilyas Azmi, Ex-MP and several former office bearers of the AMU
Students’ Union expressed their views and declared their full
support to the cause.
Prof. Bhim Singh, in his address, urged the students to keep away
from politicians and ‘devils’ and believe in their own strength.
He said that the minority character was the inherent right of this
institution, which was snatched away from it.
He said he had
fought the battle for its restoration in 1965 and remained in jail
for about eight months in this connection.
Shafiqur Rahman Barq, Member of Parliament, said that he he had
raised the issue of minority character of AMU in Lok Sabha and
said that the Students’ Union should make their voice louder
before the forthcoming parliamentary elections.
Farrukh Khan, former secretary of AMUSU said that this institution
was born with minority character and it is an indispensable part
of the University.
He said that it would remain to be the soul of
the age-old institution.
Khan urged the office bearers of the Students’ Union to educate
the present generation of the students about this important issue
so that every student is well aware of the minority character
issue.
He said that a constitutional amendment was needed to
resolve the issue once and for all.
Farrukh Khan discussed the legal aspects of the matter and said
that the 2005 judgment of the Allahabad High Court has ignored
AMU’s essential character enshrined in the Parliamentary Act of
1920 and the AMU Amendment Act of 1981, which duly recognized its
special character and clarified certain ambiguities forever.
Former Secretary of AMUSU and President, Parcham Party of India,
Saleem Peerzada highlighted the history of movements for
restoration of minority character.
He said that this institution
was established for the educational development of Muslims of
India and it was not a ‘basement university’.
Former Vice President, Maazin Husain Zaidi said that AMU was an
identity of Muslims of Indian subcontinent. He urged the Muslim
community to come forward and extend their cooperation in making
this drive a national movement.
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