TIA correspondent
NEW DELHI: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) has expressed deep concern over the state of minorities in the country. It is also worried over moral degradation and sexual anarchy in the society.
Addressing its All India Members’ Conference here on Friday, the president of the JIH Maualana Jalaluddin Umari said: “Constitution of India has given equal rights to all but minorities are deprived of their rights in the country”. He said that the conditions have led to poverty, deprivation, exploitation & conflict and violations of basic human rights.
On moral degradation Maualana Umari said: “the world is passing through a strong phase of moral degradation with permissiveness and sexual anarchy are being promoted and deviant sexual behaviour is being glamorized”.
Expressing concern over rampant poverty in the country he said that while science and technology was being developed rapidly, but half of the population still living below poverty line. “Majority of the population’s daily income is just 20 rupee a day”, he noted. On the human rights violation, he said, those who talks of it could not present the model of it to follow.
Maulana Umeri said that the message of Islam was the only alternative to the present world crisis. He asked the mmembers of the JIH to utilise the valuable opportunity the free society from suffering and convey the healthy message of Islam.