Indian Muslim leaders condemn Israeli President’s statement Joint statement of Indian Muslim leaders against the Israeli President’s statement Press Statement / The Milli Gazette We condemn, most forcefully and unreservedly, the Israeli President’s suggestion to the Indian government to disregard the Indian Muslim communityin developing and strengthening relations with the Zionist state. First of all, this is an unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign andfree state. Moreover, it is a blatantdisregard of the democratic principles which take public opinion into consideration while formulating national and international policies. Tiny but highly arrogant Israel should realize that it is committing a mockery of democratic principles by suggesting policies to a country which is 200 times its population. Even the Indian Muslimcommunity Israel wants tobe disregarded is 30 times biggerthan Israel’s Jewish population. We advise Israel to make peace with its neighbours, give Palestinians their inalienable rights, return the occupied lands and stop its criminal siege of Gaza Strip and equally illegal settlements in the West Bank. Israel should stop day-dreaming that it can continue to overlord the Middle East thinking that it can forever rely on the blind American support. Middle East’s sand is shifting fast and even Israel’s American allies are now saying that a decade from now Israel may not exist. We advise the Israeli President to advise the Jewish settlers in occupied Palestine to return to their original homelands while those remaining in Palestine will have to live as loyal citizens of a free and democratic Palestine. We also advise the Israeli President to stop thinking about India where a vast majority of people of all communities know the reality of Israel and how it was built by violence and deceit on stolen land with blind European and American support. Here in India, we know that Israelis the only remaining apartheid regime in the world, which is destined to disappear from the map of the world sooner or later like the erstwhile apartheid regime in South Africa. Dr. Zafarul-Islam Khan, President, All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat Mujtaba Farooq, President, Welfare Party of India Muhammad Ahmad, Political Secretary, Jamaat-e Islami Hind Maulana Abdul Hameed Nomani, National Secretary, Jamiat Ulam-e Hind Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji, President, Islahi Movement of India Dr Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, Member, Working Committee, Muslim Personal Law Board Dr Taslim Rahmani, President, Muslim Political Council of India Prof. M.H. Jawahirullah, MLA, Manithaneya Makkal Katchi, Chennai Maulana Ataur Rahman Qasmi, Chairman, Shah Waliullah Institute Lateef Mohammad Khan, Gen Secretary, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee, Hyderabad
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