Bengaluru: Muslims in Bengaluru took to the streets on Friday to stage protests after alleged derogatory remarks made against Prophet Mohammed(PBUH) by a right-wing activist in Uttar Pradesh.
Nearly 20,000 Muslim community protestors marched to the Khuddus Saheb Idgah Maidan on the Nandidurga Road to protest remarks made by right-wing leader Kamlesh Tiwari.
According to the Commissioner of Police MA Saleem, “Police personnel were deployed to clear the traffic jams on various roads in the East Bengaluru.”
“Muslims held a meeting to condemn statements made by one Kamlesh Tiwari. No violence took place. They had a meeting at the Town Hall in the afternoon and another meeting at the Idgah Maidan,” he said.
Mufti Ashraf Ali, Shaikh Ejaz Nadwi, Mufti ShaoibUllah Miftahi, Shaikh LutFullaah, Shaikh Muzzammil, Shaikh Zakariyyah, CM Ibrahim, Syed ShafiUllah and Umar Shariff were among the Muslim religious leaders who spoke at the protest.
