New Delhi 04 Oct 08: A delegation of Jamaat headed by its Deputy Ameer, Prof. Siddeeq Hassan met Dr. Shakeel Ahmad, Minister of State, Home Affairs, GOI and discussed in detail about harassment and deionisation of Indian Muslims by security agencies, police and media especially electronic media. Delegation also submitted following Memorandum to the Prime Minister of India using his good offices. Dr. Shakeel sympathetically listened the grievances of the delegation and promised to forward it to the Prime Minister and other concerned authorities. Other members of the delegation were Dr. S Q R Ilyas, Member of Central Advisory Committee, JIH and Mr. Irfanullah Khan, Convenor of Jamia Nagar Coordination Committee, New Delhi.
MEMORANDUM
To,
Shri Manmohan Singh
Honb'le Prime Minister of India
Through: Dr. Shakeel Ahmad,
Minister of State, Ministry of Home Affairs
Govt. of India
1) The Government of India should take note of the pertinent questions raised by several citizens' inquiry teams about the questionable nature of the 19 September 2008 "encounter" at Batla House, Jamia Nagar. A high-level judicial time-bound enquiry should be conducted into the whole incident to find out the truth and its findings must be made public.
2) Without proper inquiry and tangible evidence, no person or organization should be blamed for terrorist acts.
3) All innocent persons picked up by the police in Delhi, Azamgarh, Mumbai and other places should be immediately released. No one should be arrested without substantial grounds which should be made public.
4) The heavy police deployment in Okhla since 19 September 2008 should be withdrawn forthwith in order to remove uncertainty, sense of insecurity prevailing in the area.
5) Harassment of common people in Delhi should be stopped. Landlords should not be harassed and coerced into evicting their tenants.
6) Police should desist from torture and third degree methods and should respect the guidelines of the Supreme Court in this regard.
7) Even minors are being picked up by the Police. They should be immediately released.
8) Some of the arrested students have clear evidence available of their innocence. They should be immediately released.
9) In conducting raids and detaining people for questioning, the police should take the residents associations and leading personalities of the area into confidence.
10) The media must be made to behave in a responsible, unbiased, and impartial manner. We condemn the blatant anti-Muslim bias exhibited by a section of the media, which rushes to conclusions, blows up and in effect blames the whole Muslim community and entire regions of committing/abetting terrorism. We demand from the Govt. to enact a law to control electronic media.
11) The Government should respect the verdict of the Justice Geeta Mittal Tribunal and lift the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). It should note that dozens of former SIMI activists have been acquitted by courts across the country.
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Prof K A Siddiq Hassan, Deputy Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami, Hind (JIH)
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Dr. S.Q.R Ilyas, Member, Central Advisory Council, JIH
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Irfanullah Khan, Convenor, Jamia Nagar Co-ordination Committee
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