Muslim organisations delegation to visit Assam

The Milli Gazette

New Delhi (30 July 2012): A delegation of representatives of Muslim organisations, led by All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat President Dr Zafarul-Islam Khan, is leaving for Assam on a four-day fact-finding and relief visit, on Tuesday, 31 July. The delegation includes Mr Mujataba Farooq, Presidnet of Welfare Party of India, Secretaries of Jamaat-e Islami Hind Mr Shafi Madani and Maulana Mohammad Rafiq Qasimi, Dr Taslim Rahmani, President of Muslim Political Council, Mr Navaid Hamid, General Secretary of Movement for the Empowerment of Muslim Indians. AIMMM’s Vice President Hafiz Rasheed Chowdhry, a senior advocate of Guwahati High Court, will join the the delegation in Guwahati.

The delegation will visit camps of displaced persons in Kokrajhar and adjacent areas to asses the damage and situation and offer relief. It will also meet Assam government officials and hold a press conference in Guwahati before returning to Delhi late on 3 August. The delegation will hold a press conference at Mushawarat office in Delhi in the evening of 4 August.

Earlier, on 27 July representatives of these organizations had discussed the attacks on the Muslim minority in Bodo Territorial Council areas by Bodo chauvinists as part of a far-reaching ethnic cleansing plan. AIMMM, based on inputs from its sources in Assam, noted that relief is not reaching Muslim camps. It stressed that the displaced persons must be facilitated to return to their villages and homes at the earliest in order to avoid the repetition of the tragedy of the 1994 carnage whose victims are still refugees in their own homeland.

ALL INDIA MUSLIM MAJLIS-E- MUSHAWARAT
[Umbrella body of Indian Muslim organisations]
D-250, Abul Fazal Enclave, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110025
Tel.: 011-26946780 Fax: 011-26947346 Email: mushawarat[@]mushawarat.com
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