By HT Correspondent,
The Islamic Centre of India, Lucknow, on Tuesday appealed to the Uttar Pradesh DGP to take strict action against Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi temple priest Yati Narsinghanand for his alleged controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad.
The Islamic Centre has also requested the Union government for a strict law to deal with those who speak ill about religious figures.
Speaking to the media, Islamic Centre’s chairman Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali said, “The way Yati Narsinghanand tried to malign the name of our beloved Prophet has hurt the sentiments of crores of Muslims across the nation.”
“A delegation of Islamic Centre of India met director general of police Prashant Kumar and handed over a memorandum demanding stern action against all those who speak ill about any religious figure. Such people should be sent to jail,” Mahali added.
The delegation included Maulana Sufiyan Nizami, Maulana Naeemur Rehman, Maulana Mushtaq and Muneeb Alvi, he said. “We have also demanded that the U.P. government should request the central government for a strict law to deal with those who speak against any religious figure or personality,” Farangi Mahali added.
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