Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani’s remarks alleging discrimination against Muslims in the context of multiple investigations into Al Falah University, in connection with the Red Fort blasts, sparked a controversy with the BJP on Sunday. The BJP responded by claiming the “aatanki bachao (save terrorist) jamaat” had become active.
Mr. Madani claimed that while Zohran Mamdani had been elected mayor of New York and a Khan could become mayor of London, Muslims in India cannot even become vice chancellors in universities.
“The world thinks that Muslims have been crippled and finished. I don’t believe so. Today, a Muslim, Mamdani, can become the mayor of New York, a Khan can become mayor of London; whereas in India, no one can even become a university vice chancellor,” he said at a session at the Jamiat headquarters here on Saturday.
“And even if someone does, they will be sent to jail, like Azam Khan. Look at what is happening today with Al Falah. He (the founder) is in jail, and no one knows how many years he will be in jail,” Mr. Madani said. The government is working relentlessly to ensure that Muslims never raise their heads, the chief of one of the two factions of Jamiat alleged.
