Islamic scholars have urged Hindus and Muslims to come together on a common platform to ensure that secular parties form a government at the Centre which would provide a corruption-free rule in the country.
They were speaking at a seminar organised by International Nadwa Alumni Association at the Anjuman-e-Islam College here yesterday, according to a release issued here today.
Salman Nadvi, a professor at the renowned Darul Uloom Nadwat ul-Ulama in Lucknow, said that in the backdrop of the recent riots in Muzaffarnagar, Hindus and Muslims need to come together to elect a government that would work to eradicate corruption from the country.
Shakeel Samdani, senior professor of law in Aligarh Muslim University said that country needs secularism and hence people of both communities should jointly fight against communal forces.
"It is essential that we ward off communal and fundamentalist forces from the country," he said.
Salman Nadvi said there was turmoil in the Arab world and many innocent people were being killed. He called upon the United Nations and human rights organisations to intervene and stop the killings while blaming USA and Israel for the turmoil, the release said.
Other speakers included Mufti Abdul Rehman Milli, Convener, All India Milli Council, Maulana Mohammed Luqman Nadvi, President of the Maharashtra unit of the INA and noted Islamic scholar Abu Huzefa Azmi.
