AMN /
Syed Ahmad Bukhari, the Imam of Jama masjid today met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him that harassment of innocent Muslims in the name of fighting the Islamic State must not be stopped.
Security agencies must be more transparent while detaining terror suspects, the Shahi Imam of the 17th-century Jama Masjid here told Modi during their half hour meeting at the prime minister’s residence.
“I urged the prime minister that while detaining people for terrorist activities or suspected links with the Islamic State, special care must be taken to ensure that the lives of innocent Muslim youth and their families are not ruined,” Bukhari said.
Bukhari also took up the issue of the minority character of the Aligarh Muslim University and the Jamia Millia Islamia. He told Modi that the government’s stand in the Supreme Court on their minority character had created grave concern among Muslims.
“We urged the prime minister that the government should review its stand.
“The prime minister has promised to consider the issues, and said his government won’t take any step that may put communal harmony at stake,” Bukhari said.