New Delhi, August 09, 2021 (PPI-OT):Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has voiced concern over growing crime against women, spying on citizens, possible third Covid wave and crackdown on Mohammed Ali Jauhar University in Rampur. Addressing an online press meet, JI Secretary of Women’s Department Mrs. Rahmatunnisa said, “We condemn the alleged brutal rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit girl in Purani Nangal village near Delhi Cantonment. Our delegation visited the victim’s house and met her family members. We demand that the perpetrators should be punished at the earliest.
“Latest NCRB data points to the disturbing trend of rising crime against women. It is extremely worrying. The numbers imply that nearly four women are raped every hour while two women are molested every three minutes in India. After the Nirbhaya case, JI had given its suggestions to the Justice Verma Committee for controlling the growing incidents of rape in the country. We support some of the committee’s recommendations. We hope the government wakes up to its duty to provide safety and security to its citizens, especially women and lives up to its slogan of ‘Beti Bachao’”.
Rejecting the announcement made by the Indian Ministry of Minority Affairs that August 1, is now being observed as Muslim Women’s Rights Day to celebrate the second anniversary of the passage of the Triple Talaq law, the JI Women’s department Secretary said: “We condemn this move as a mockery of women rights. The government does not appear to be sincere in its concern for Muslim women. Had its concern been genuine, it would have not wrongly incarcerated so many Muslim youth and paid mere lip service to the question of education of Muslim girls”.
Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Prof. Mohammad Salim Engineer briefed the media on the stand of JI on various pressing issues before the nation. Regarding the issue of spying on citizens, he said: “We are dismayed to read media reports about a large number of Indian citizens coming under surveillance using Pegasus spyware sold by an Israeli company. If the reports are true then this is very damaging to our fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution of India. JI demands an inquiry into these reports by a JPC or by the Supreme Court and wants that the government of India should come clean on the entire issue.”
Commenting on the reports that a court in Rampur, UP, has upheld district administration’s order of demolishing the main gate of the Muhammad Ali Jauhar University, Prof Salim Engineer said: “We feel that this case is not being dealt in a proper manner.
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