New Delhi, 25 March 2014: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has strongly condemned the arrest of Maulana Abdul Qavi, vice president of Jamiat Ulema, Hyderabad city, at the Delhi airport while he was on way to Deoband. Jamaat has termed it as the worst example of state terror and part of the atrocities, injustices and violation of human rights of Muslims going on for last several years. Jamaat demanded the government to end the chain.

Nusrat Ali, Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind said leaders of Muslim organizations have been demanding the Central Govt to stop detention and arresting of Muslims particularly their educated youths, release the arrested persons and award them proper compensation.

Leaders of the government have also promised in the past. Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde also issued instructions to state governments. But it seems the police have taken the instructions in opposite meaning and continued arresting more and more Muslims only to terrorise the entire community. Its latest painful example is the arrest of Maulana Abdul Qavi and some Muslim youths two days earlier in Rajasthan and Delhi.

Jamaat’s Secretary General wondered why the government is not trying to understand that this undemocratic and unjustified attitude will only harm the country and its image and will cause shame for the country in the entire world.

He demanded immediate release of Maulana Abdul Qavi, legal action against the guilty police officers and full compensation for sullying the image of a Muslim organization and its leader.

He also asked Muslims to collectively protest against the ongoing injustices in the country, not to become victim of fear psychology and counter the conspiracy against the country and community through effective use of laws of the land. He also advised Muslims to use the collective power of vote in the Lok Sabha elections to defeat those people who have caused problems for the community and made the environment dirtier.