Hundreds Of People Demonstrate Against Muslim Massacres In Myanmar

New Delhi, July 23, IRNA -- Hundreds of people staged demonstration outside Jama Masjid in Ludhiana in Punjab state against the killings of Muslims in Myanmar. Shahi Imam of Punjab, Maulana Habibur Rahman Sani Ludhianvi led the protest demonstration and demanded the Government of India to take up the issue with Myanmar government and ask it to stop the killings. The demonstration was organized by Majlis Ahrar Islam, an organization headed by the Shahi Imam of Punjab. Protesters raised slogans against the killings and the silence of Indian Government and Muslim leaders, TCN reported. They also burnt the national flag of Myanmar. The Shahi Imam urged Central Government to apprise Myanmar government of the sentiments of Indian Muslims. Talking to media persons, national president of Majlis Ahrar Islam and Shahi Imam of Punjab, Maulana Habibur Rahman Sani Ludhianvi said the killings of Muslims by Buddhist extremists cannot be tolerated. He expressed surprise that international media is constantly hiding the news about the killings of thousands of people killed so far and a number of mosques burnt so far. While supporting the protest letter from the Muslim world to Myanmar over the killings, the Shahi Imam demanded the Muslim world to cut ties with Myanmar. He also demanded Muslims and Muslim leaders in India to hold protest demonstrations against Myanmar. The Shahi Imam said that it is shameful that Myanmar's democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has not uttered a word against the killings. Condemning the government of India, he said that not only it did not utter a word on the killings, but also did not give political asylum to 200 Muslims who had escaped the killings and ran away from Myanmar. The Shahi Imam also urged the Buddhist leader Dalai Lama to raise voice against the massacres of Muslims in Myanmar. Eminent persons present at the protest demonstration included Naib Shahi Imam Maulana Usman Rahmani, Maulana Ateequer Rahman, Mufti Jamaluddin, Mohd Shahnawaz Ahrari and special secretary of Shahi Imam, Mohd Mustaqeem Ahrari./end