Concerned over arrest of Muslim men on suspicion of having links with the ISIS, Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure transparency while detaining terror suspects.
In a meeting with Modi on Monday, Bukhari also suggested that lectures should be organised in educational institutes to make students aware of how Islam or any other religion has no place for terrorism so that they are not “brainwashed” in the name of faith.
“I demanded that while detaining people for terrorist activities or suspected links with ISIS, security agencies must be more transparent. The innocent youths from Muslim community must not be targeted merely based on suspicion. We are not saying that those who are indulging in terror activities should be spared, but I think there is no point detaining people on the basis of suspicious social media activities,” Bukhari said.