Hindu-Muslim Unity conference organised at Meerut

Submitted by TwoCircles.net on 16 December 2014 - 8:51pm

By TCN News,

Meerut: Pointing out that there is a great difference between sayings and doings of our political leaders, Acharya Promod Krishanam of Kalki Peetheshwaram has said, "Although the communal and fascist elements killed Mahatma Gandhi but they could not kill/ suppress his ideology. Ironically, whatever our political leaders utter, they don't follow it."

"Those people who are good actors are in command of the nation. They are unable to understand the sufferings of the oppressed classes. Islam is not the religion of mercilessness or cruelty but it is the religion of peace, tolerance and large heartedness," the Acharya said while speaking at the Hindu-Muslim Unity conference at Nauchandi Ground here on Monday, a release said here.

Teesta Sitlawad speaking, sitting Ml. Tauqir Raza, Prof. Shakeel Samdani and others

Chief guest and social activist Teesta Setalvad said hatred is being sold now-a-days and love is being crushed. "We are ashamed of those people who are sitting on the high positions in the government. We should form Hindu-Muslim Ekta Committees from village level up to district level. Only symposiums and seminars cannot contain the menace. We will have to come out in the field and do some work on the ground."

The corporate terrorism is also spreading very fast in our country, Setalvad said. Expressing her views about the distortion of history, she opined that the history is being distorted and the contribution of Muslims is being deleted from the history books. She further said that the country was liberated by Hindus and Muslims jointly. Now the time has come to reunite both the communities."

President of Sir Syed Awareness Forum and faculty of Aligarh Muslim University Prof Shakeel Samdani said political leaders are befooling the Muslim masses by making false promises. "They (political leaders) have been serving their interests by exploiting the sentiments of the Muslims. That's why the Muslims must beware of these corrupt, insensitive and selfish leaders," he said.

Talking about Meerut, Samdani said the people of Meerut have sacrificed a lot for the independence of the country and the convention on Hindu-Muslim Unity is the best example of mutual love and trust of both the communities.

He further said barring a few channels and some newspapers over whelming majority of the media is not following the policy of neutrality and they are projecting negative image of the Muslims.
Maulana Tauqir Raza, president, Ittehad-E-Millat Council said that the time has come to unite the secular forces and support the real secular parties. "We need people such as Teesta Setalvad, Acharya Promod Krishnam and Prof Shakeel Samdani, who have started a movement for unity from Meerut – the land of revolutionaries."

Memento being presented to Prof. Shakeel Samdani by Teesta Sitalvad and Nazrin

Requesting people to devote some time for social work, youth activist from Aligarh, Abdullah Samdani said Muslims are crying and making noise for forceful conversion in Agra but they have forgotten the fact that "had they provided BPL and Adhar card and solved their social and economic problems, perhaps they would not have been in the trap of communal forces."

Maulana Qari Shafiqur Rehman Qasmi presided over the programme. Dr Aslam Jamshedpuri, Prabhat Kumar Rai, IAS (Rtd) and student leader Love Kasana of Meerut University also spoke on the occasion. Mateen Tyagi welcomed the guests and Dr Jarrar Rizvi proposed a vote of thanks. Guests were honoured by Yuvjan Ekta Samiti in the concluding session. Large number of students from Meerut University attended the conference, the release added.

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