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 COUNCIL of INDIAN MUSLIMS (UK)
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British Indian Muslims Demand Presidential Rule in Gujarat
London, 4 May, 2006: Council of Indian Muslims—UK (CIM) has urged Indian President Dr Abdul Kalam to dismiss the Government of the Chief Minister of Gujarat and impose presidential rule in the state.
In a letter to President Kalam, CIM’s Chairman Mr Munaf Zeena expressed, “deep sense of shock and alarm at the new wave of anti-Muslim violence in Vodora, Gujarat that has claimed the lives of six people, killed in the indiscriminate firing of Modi’s fascist police and one burnt alive by his gangsters.”
Deploring, “…the illegal and outrageous demolition of 300 years old historic shrine against which Muslims were made to protest.” Zeena said, “We in the CIM have a track record of condemning any sort of terrorism. Our website www.coim.org.uk is a testimony to this. We strongly believe that terrorism in any form whatsoever is a cancer that, if not controlled in time, infects the whole body. However, allowing BJP’s thugs to rule Gujarat, has been a grave mistake and the cancer is therefore penetrating the body bit by bit. We hardly need to emphasise that Modi’s fascism, blessed by Advani et al, is as lethal for the social and communal fabric of the country as Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’s terrorism. It may sound not very diplomatic and rather sound blunt but the fact is that by tolerating Modi as Chief Minister of Gujarat a devastating weapon has been provided to the anti-secular forces that have already made several attempts to push the country into a communal frenzy.”
“Therefore”, reads the letter, “CIM urges you to: 1) Immediately dissolve Modi’s government and declare presidential rule in Gujarat; 2) Punish those involved in bulldozing the historic shrine and firing at peaceful demonstrators; 2)Pay compensation to those who have lost their dear ones and have suffered physically and financially.”
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4 May 2006
Dr Abdul Kalam Azad
President of India
Rashtra Pati Bhavan
New Delhi, India
Dear President,
Council of Indian Muslims—UK (CIM) expresses its deep sense of shock and alarm at the new wave of anti-Muslim violence in Vodora, Gujarat that has claimed the lives of six Muslims, killed in the indiscriminate firing of Modi’s fascist police and one burnt alive by his gangsters.
The CIM also deplores the illegal and outrageous demolition of 300 years old historic shrine against which Muslims were made to protest.
Mr President, we in the CIM have a track record of condemning any sort of terrorism. Our website www.coim.org.uk is a testimony to this. We strongly believe that terrorism in any form whatsoever is a cancer that, if not controlled in time, infects the whole body. However, allowing BJP’s thugs to rule Gujarat, has been a grave mistake and the cancer is therefore penetrating the body bit by bit. We hardly need to emphasise that Modi’s fascism, blessed by Advani et al, is as lethal for the social and communal fabric of the country as Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’s terrorism. It may sound not very diplomatic and rather sound blunt but the fact is that by tolerating Modi as Chief Minister of Gujarat a devastating weapon has been provided to the anti-secular forces that have already made several attempts to push the country into a communal frenzy.
Therefore, Mr. President the CIM urges you to:
1) Immediately dissolve Modi’s government and declare presidential rule in Gujarat;
2) Punish those involved in bulldozing the historic shrine and firing at peaceful demonstrators;
3) Pay compensation to those who have lost their dear ones and have suffered physically and financially.
Sincerely yours
M. Munaf Zeena
Chairman
COUNCIL of INDIAN MUSLIMS (UK)
66c Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington, London N16 6AA UK Tel: 020 8806 1147 Fax: 020 8806 6859,
www.coim.org.uk , Email: info@coim.org.uk
For further information please contact Munaf Zeena on 07956335384 «
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