AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that in India, it is easier for someone to say “I love Modi” than to say “I love Muhammad.” His comments come amid continuing tension in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, following last week’s violent protests over “I Love Muhammad” posters.
The internet was blocked in four districts of the Bareilly division. Many security forces were deployed on the streets on Thursday. This was done because of the Dussehra celebrations and the Friday prayers.
What AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said
“A case is going on for the Sambhal mosque. Our mosques are being snatched away. In this country, one can say ‘I love Modi’ but not ‘I love Mohammad’. Where are you taking this nation? If someone says ‘I love Modi’, the media also becomes happy. If someone says ‘I love Mohammad’, then that is objected to. If I am a Muslim, it is because of Muhammad. There is nothing above and beyond that for the 17 crore Indians who participated in the country’s independence. We condemn violence… There are videos in which police are lathi-charging and shopkeepers are showering flowers on them. We must keep in mind that the police are only accountable to those in power and no one else. They will beat you tomorrow when the power shifts… No one was named Mohammad other than the Prophet Mohammad. If you install his posters, you have to respect them… I want to ask the government why they are making so many laws, and what is happening? 3000 Muslims in Assam were made homeless, claiming that the construction was on government land… We must not be bothered by the situation. We have to deal with patience. We must do everything within the law. Don’t take the law into your own hands. When you act within the law, you will realise that the law is just a spiderweb and nothing else…”
