AIMC Historic National Convention on "Protection of Muslim Youth" at New Delhi and Passed 11-Point Resolution at the end of convention
L-R: Mirza Zaki Beg, Dr Mohd Manzoor Alam,Ml Ahmad Ali Qasmi, Dr Syed Kalbe Sadique, Dr. Yaseen Ali Usmani, Justice Rajender Sachar, Ml Abdullah Mughisi, Ml Abdul Wahab Khilji All India Milli Council (AIMC) organized a national convention at Mavalankar Hall, New Delhi on March 31, 2012. The day-long programme was conducted by AIMC General Secretary Dr Mohammed Manzoor Alam and assisted by Mr Mushtaque Ahmad Advocate, on Record, Supreme Court, And Mirza Zaki Ahmad Beg Member Delhi AIMC. On the occasion, an especially prepared 492-page English book "Scapegoats: Questions Over Anti-Terror Operations in India" and booklets in English, Hindi and Urdu "Doubtful Crimes: Terrorism and Communal Hatred---A Tale Told by Numbers" were also released.
L-R: Mr Musharraf Husain,Mr Mohd Adeeb(M.P),Dr Yaseen Ali Usmani,Justice Rajender Sachar,Ml Abdullah Mughisi,Mr Salar M.khan Adv, Ml A W Khilji, Dr Mohd Manzoor Alam,Mr Muneer Ahmad Khan,Dr Qasim Rasool Ilyas,Mr Alouddin Ansari Adv In coordination with around 40 organisations, including All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mashawarat, Coordination Committee for Indian Muslims, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Jamiat-ul-Ulema Hind (Mahmood Madni), Jamiat-ul-Ulema Hind (Arshad Madni), Markazi Jamiat-ul-Ulema, Imarat-e-Shariah Bihar and Orissa and Jharkhand, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadees Hind, Tauhidul Muslimeen, Indian Islahi Movement, Popular Front of India, Pasmanda Samaj Sangathan and its associate organizations representing various Muslim biradaris, the convention was participated by delegates from all over the country. It was inaugurated by Justice Rajinder Sachar and addressed by several prominent leaders of the community and civil rights activists, including AIMC President Hakeem Maulana Mohammad Abdullah Mughaisi, former AIMMM President Syed Shahabuddin, Jamaat-e-Islami Hind secretary Ejaz Ahmad Aslam, Sikh leader Gurdip Singh, Christian leader Father Dominic Emmanuel, Christian leader and media celebrity John Dayal, human rights lawyer N D Pancholi, activist Tapan Kumar Bose, Shia leader Dr Kalbe Sadiq, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadees Hind General Secretary Maulana Asghar Imam Mehdi Salafi, Ml Ahmad Ali Qasmi, AIMC Assistant General Secretary Maulana Abdul Wahab Khilji, Pasmanda Samaj Sangathan secretary Dr Muzaffar Hussain Ghazali, scholar and activist Ravi Nair, social activist Dr Lenin Raghuvanshi, Welfare Party of India Secretary General Dr SQR Ilyas, Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee leader Lateef Mohammad Khan, PFI Secretary General E M Rahman, J Ainayatullah, H R Chaudhary, Mr Salar Mohd Khan Adv,Dalit leader Nand Lal, among others. Besides, the eminent participants included Rajya Sabha Member Mohammed Adeeb and Jamiat Ulema Hind secretaries Maulana Niaz Ahmed Faruqui and Maulana Abdul Hameed Nomani. On the occasion, a number of terror suspect victims as well as their relatives narrated their sordid tales. The AIMC leaders and representatives from different parts of the country included Vice president Maulana Yaseen Ali Usmani, Tresurar Dr Syed Abdul Bari,Maul Aass Mohd Gulzar Qasmi,President AIMC U.P,(E.Z) Delhi AIMC President Dr Perwez Mian,Mr Musharraf Hussain,Dr Haseena Hashia,Mrs Mamdooha Majid,Mr Firoz Ahmad Ghazi Adv,Mr Firoz Siddiqui,Member AIMC,Syed Mohsin Kirmani,Mr Ahmad Mauji Khan,Mr Moazzam Ali Laddu,Mufti Afroz Alam Qasmi, Maulan Mufti Rizwan Tarapuri Convenor AIMC Gujrat,Mr Muneer Ahmad Khgeruwala,Mr M.A Aziz Dangi, Brodra Gujrat,Mr J.Inayatullah Chennai,Mr Muneer Ahmad Khan,Indore,Syed Musharraf Ali,Bhopal,Qazi Azmat Shah Bhopa,Ml Zakaullah Shibli Indore,Syed Ataurehman Jabalpur,(M.P), Maul Arshad Mukhtar Nadvi,Mumbai,Mr Rashid Azeem,Mumbai (M.S) Master Akhtar Perwez,Punjab,Peerji Hafiz Mohd Hussain Haryana,Mr Jawed iqbal Patna, Bihar, Hafiz Rasheed Ahmad Chaudhry Convenor AIMC,Assam,Mr Inamuddin Ahmad Guwahati, Mr Abdul Qaiyum Akhtar Gen Sec AIMC Rajasthan,AIMC President Rajathan Mr Mohd Hassan Ghauri,Mr Shabbir Ahmad Khilji,Jodhpur,Mr Shaukat Qureshi,Jaipur, Mr Jameel Ahmad Adv,Jaipur,(Rajasthan), Maulana Reyazul Hasan,Maulana Yaqoob Buland Shahri,Saharanpur,Maul Syed Aqeel Ahmad,Meerut, Mr Qamar Alam, Eita,(U.P),Maulana Siddique Muzahiri,Ranchi,prof Wakeel Rizvi Ranchi,Jharkhand, Mr Shamim Akhtar Jawed,Kolkata Mr. Allouddin Murshidabad (W.B),Mr Haider Mohiuddin Ghauri Convenor AIMC A.P, Mr Allouddin Ahmad Ansari Adv. Secretary AIMC,Hyderabad,(A.P),Mr Aga Sultan Bangalore, Maul Ashfaque Siddiqui, Belgam (Karnataka).
L-R: Justice Rajender Sachar, Dr Mohd Manzoor Alam, Maulana Ahmad Ali Qasmi, Ml Yaseen Ali Usmani, Ml Abdul wahab Khilji
Representatives and Audience of the Convention of AIMC, Mavalankar Hall,New Delhi After day-long discussion and due deliberation, the convention adopted the following 11-point resolution: - This national convention condemns systematic campaign aimed at demoralizing Muslim youth and others. This national convention resolves to ensure protection of Muslim youth and those belonging to other minorities and weaker sections as a whole---socially, morally, economically, legally etc as enshrined in the Constitution of India.
- All unjust and undemocratic laws impinging upon right to life, liberty, expression and association must be repealed forthwith. Laws on sedition must be repealed immediately.
- Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (UAPA) is a black law. Its presence in the statute book is a blot on the country- bigger than TADA and POTA. Its draconian provisions and their abuse against Muslims, Tribals and other weaker sections of society has attained menacing proportions. UAPA must be repealed immediately.
The Convention calls upon the government to withdraw Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Bill, 2011, immediately, as the first step. The Convention emphasizes that all anti-terror and other drastic legislations should only be emergency legislations and should not be put on the statute books permanently. They must be subjected to periodic review.
- The continuous ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) since 2001 is unjustified, illegal and unconstitutional. Similarly, the declaration of SIMI as "terrorist organization" is also without basis. The ban on SIMI must be lifted immediately and its name should be removed from the schedule of "terrorist organizations" of the UAPA. SIMI must be allowed to function within the constitutional and democratic framework of the country.
- Harassment, illegal detention and torture of innocent Muslim youth and those belonging to other communities in the name of fighting terrorism must be stopped. All police and intelligence officials involved in foisting false cases must be prosecuted and punished expeditiously.
- Intelligence agencies must have a statutory act ensuring parliamentary control and accountability including audit control by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). Further, no intelligence agency, including proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), should be given powers to arrest.
- All pending cases involving alleged terrorist offences must be subjected to a comprehensive review by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court. The commission should also include cases of harassment, illegal detention and false implication.
- Prosecution of all cases under now-defunct TADA and POTA must be closed.
- All pending cases involving alleged terrorist offences must be expeditiously disposed of by ordering their hearing on day-to-day basis.
- Compensation should be awarded mandatorily to all persons acquitted of terrorist offences.
- A comprehensive law providing for reparation for victims and punishment for wrongful prosecutions must be enacted.
This convention decided to launch a campaign named "Movement for Justice" for taking forward the above demands and to secure justice, social, political and economic, for all.
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