By Fida Fathima
A protest against repeated attacks on mosques and other places of worship, the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, and violence against marginalised communities was held at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday. MPs Ziaur Rahman Barq, Mohibbullah Nadvi and Iqra Munawar Hassan were among those detained by Delhi Police, along with several other protesters, including women.
Nadeem Khan, national secretary of the Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR), was kept under house arrest from 9:30 am ahead of the protest.
Organised by the Monitoring Committee of Indian Muslims (MCIM), the protest drew MPs, civil society members, activists and representatives of Muslim organisations. Among those who joined were Kairana MP Iqra Munawar Hassan, Sambhal MP Ziaur Rahman Barq, Rampur MP Mohibbullah Nadvi, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind president Syed Sadatullah Hussaini, former MP Kunwar Danish Ali, AIMIM Delhi state President Dr Shoaib Jamai, , academic and activist Apoorvanand, Minakshi Singh of the Congress, and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind vice-president Malik Mohtasim Khan.
Also among those detained were Malik Mohtasim Khan, SIO president Abdul Hafeez, and Zia Pathan of APCR Madhya Pradesh.
Fraternity Movement National General Secretary Lubaib Basheer, along with Farhan, Asim, Rabeeh and Ayaan, are among those detained and are being held at different police stations.
Iqra Munawar Hassan criticised the government over its handling of issues affecting minorities, saying that officials who are educated and aware of the law should not be working “at the government’s behest” and in a manner resembling slavery.
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