NEW DELHI, Apr 6: Several senior Muslim leaders and clergy from all over the country called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi here today and expressed apprehensions about the trend of increased radicalisation and emerging threats of terrorism, underlining the need for greater unity and collective efforts to meet the challenges.
The Muslim leaders informed the Prime Minister about issues relating to properties of Muslim shrines, Masjids and Madrasas and sought the Government’s support in providing better facilities to Muslim youth particularly in the field of education.
The leaders reiterated full support of the Muslim community to the Prime Minister in meeting his objectives of ensuring speedy economic growth, promoting communal harmony and peace and strengthening national security.
The Prime Minister assured the leaders of his full support in meeting grievances of all sections of the Muslim society. He emphasised the need of empowerment of the Muslim youth to enable them to play a larger role in nation building.
He specifically assured the leaders that he would look into their grievances on shrines, Masjid and Madrasas and promised assistance in ameliorating their social conditions and addressing their educational requirements.
The leaders who met the Prime Minister included Syed Sultan-Ul-Hasan Chishti Misbahi (Sazzada Nashin, Ajmer Sharif), Hazrat Ghulam Yasin Sahib (Shahar Kazi, Varanasi), Sheikh Wasim Ashrafi (Imam Tanzeem, Mumbai), Er. Mohd. Hamid (National President, Imam Tanzeem, Nagpur), Allama Tasleem Raaza Sahib (Dargah Barelvi Sharif, UP), Syed Abdul Rashid Ali (Syed Shahid Dargah Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh), Maulana Abu Bakr Basani (Nagori Sharif Dargah, Rajasthan), Syed Ali Akbar (Taajpura Sharif, Chennai) and Haji Abdul Hafiz Khan (Imam, Tanzeem Balaghat, MP). (UNI)
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