JAIPUR/LUCKNOW/NAGPUR/HYDERABAD: Prominent Muslim religious and political figures voiced steadfast support for India's military action to decimate the terror camps inside Pakistan. Some of them also underscored the need to maintain unity and communal harmony, while displaying solidarity with the fight against terror.
Syed Sarwar Chishty, secretary of Anjuman - the managing body of clerics at the Ajmer Sharif dargah - said: "Sufi shrines across the country have always stood with our beloved motherland, India, in every situation."
Muslim clerics in UP hailed the precision strikes on the terror hideouts. Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, a senior executive member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and head of the Islamic Centre of India, described Operation Sindoor as a necessary and commendable action. "After the brutal killing of 26 innocent people in Pahalgam on April 22, the entire nation was waiting for such a decisive action. This will certainly weaken the morale of the terrorists," he said.
All India Shia Personal Law Board general secretary Maulana Yasoob Abbas congratulated PM Narendra Modi and defence Minister Rajnath Singh "for taking this bold decision". In Bareilly, All India Muslim Jamaat president Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi said the operation sent a strong message globally that "India will go to any extent to protect its citizens and borders". Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) said terrorism was a heinous crime against humanity and its eradication was essential for safety, security and peace in India.
AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi was among the most prominent Muslim political leaders to welcome Operation Sindoor. He posted a video on X in which he raised the slogan, "Pakistan Murdabad, Bharat Zindabad".
After the Pahalgam massacre, Owaisi had called for an effective retaliation to the "cowardly attack".
Syed Sarwar Chishty, secretary of Anjuman - the managing body of clerics at the Ajmer Sharif dargah - said: "Sufi shrines across the country have always stood with our beloved motherland, India, in every situation."
Muslim clerics in UP hailed the precision strikes on the terror hideouts. Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali, a senior executive member of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board and head of the Islamic Centre of India, described Operation Sindoor as a necessary and commendable action. "After the brutal killing of 26 innocent people in Pahalgam on April 22, the entire nation was waiting for such a decisive action. This will certainly weaken the morale of the terrorists," he said.
All India Shia Personal Law Board general secretary Maulana Yasoob Abbas congratulated PM Narendra Modi and defence Minister Rajnath Singh "for taking this bold decision". In Bareilly, All India Muslim Jamaat president Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi said the operation sent a strong message globally that "India will go to any extent to protect its citizens and borders". Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) said terrorism was a heinous crime against humanity and its eradication was essential for safety, security and peace in India.
AIMIM president and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi was among the most prominent Muslim political leaders to welcome Operation Sindoor. He posted a video on X in which he raised the slogan, "Pakistan Murdabad, Bharat Zindabad".
After the Pahalgam massacre, Owaisi had called for an effective retaliation to the "cowardly attack".
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