The President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, Maulana Qari Syed Mohammad Usman Mansoorpuri, offered valuable suggesstion regarding various important national, international and community issues in his presidential address delivered on the occasion of the 30th general session of the organisation.
In his address, he condemned terrorism. “The entire world is facing the menace of terrorism. Terrorism by any individual or any organisation has to be condemned. A country or society can only prosper in peaceful conditions,” he said. “In this connection, Jamiat Ulama-i- Hind has so far conducted nearly 200 meetings and conferences. We have achieved considerable success on this point and shall continue to fight unless peace prevails in the society,” he added.
Condemning the attempts to attribute terrorism with Islam and the holy Prophet of Islam, he said that Islam advocated peace and forbade hatred and voilence in every form. Islam accords extreme respect to human life. Killing an innocent person is considered to be a major sin in Islam, which declares the unlawful killing of a single person as similar to murdering all the human beings, and protecting a single life at par with protecting all the human beings. Those who ascribe terrorism to Islam are the enemies of truth and justice. The JUH president feared that this propaganda would weaken the fight against terrorism. He said that it was imperative to end such an unfortunate situation and should work for the welfare of all Indians, irrespective of their caste, community and religion.
The JUH president asserted that the move to establish the central madarsa board was likely to dilute the identity of madarsas, their aims and objective, and end their spiritual character. He termed the setting up of the madarsa board as “unnecessary as well as unacceptable.” He said that the flaws in the present system could be rectified by setting up a madrasa board controlled by the madrasa functionaries