Muslim can become mayor of New York or London, but in India he can't become VC: Arshad Madani

(Web Desk) - Indian Muslim scholar and chief of Darul Uloom Deoband Maulana Arshad Madani has voiced concern over Modi’s government discriminatory measures against the Muslims of India.

Speaking at a function of his seminary, he said the BJP government was bent on depriving the Muslims of their just rights to education, property, jobs, leadership, political and social status.

Maulana Arshad Madani strongly criticised the Modi government and said that today a Muslim can become the mayor of New York and London, but a Muslim cannot become the Vice Chancellor (VC) of a university in India.

धर्म के आधार पर लोगों को बांटने से देश कमज़ोर हो रहा है। जो हो रहा है, उसे देखकर लगता है कि फिरकापरस्त ताकतें इस्लाम और मुसलमानों दोनों को खत्म करने पर तुली हुई हैं। लेकिन शायद उन्हें यह नहीं पता कि इस्लाम का यह चिराग कभी नहीं बुझेगा और जिन्होंने इसे बुझाने की कोशिश की, वे खुद… pic.twitter.com/d8ot48mdVS

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Even if someone becomes the Vice Chancellor, he is sent to jail, just like Azam Khan was sent. What is happening in Al-Falah today? The government is making every effort to ensure that Muslims can never raise their heads,’ he regretted.

The seminary head said that the owner of Al-Falah University is in jail, adding, “No one knows how long he will remain in jail. What kind of judicial system is this that a person is kept in jail continuously when the case has not even been fully proven.”

He said even in the last 75 years of independence, Muslims are being prevented from advancing in education, leadership, and administrative structures.

He said that the government wants to snatch the land from under the feet of Muslims and to a large extent it has been snatched away. Today, the morale of Muslims has been lowered.