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Muslim Cleric Who Called RSS Chief ‘Father of the Nation’ Gets Security Cover From Modi Gov’t
Muslim Cleric Who Called RSS Chief ‘Father of the Nation’ Gets Security Cover From Modi Gov’t
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Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, chief of the All India Imam Organization, has been receiving threats after Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat... 13.10.2022, Sputnik International
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Narendra Modi-led Indian government on Thursday provided a security detail to a top Muslim cleric who received multiple threats after describing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat as "Rashtra Pita" (Father of the Nation).Y+ category is a security detail of 39 personnel, including 2-4 commandos and police personnel."Ever since Mohan Bhagwat has come to our mosque, I have been getting threatening calls continuously. I received a threatening call from England on September 23, saying that 'now you will burn in the fire of Hell. You will not be alive'," he stated.The cleric elaborated that as threat calls were coming from England, Dubai and Kolkata (West Bengal state), he lodged a case at Tilak Lane Police Station in Delhi and informed the federal Home Ministry about it.A meeting was held between Ilyasi and Bhagwat on September 22 at Madarsa Tajweedul Quran in Delhi. Other senior functionaries of the Islamic seminary were also present during the meeting which lasted for more than an hour.RSS is a top Hindu nationalist organization and the ideological parent of PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Muslim Cleric Who Called RSS Chief ‘Father of the Nation’ Gets Security Cover From Modi Gov’t
12:42 GMT 13.10.2022 (Updated: 11:39 GMT 10.12.2022) Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, chief of the All India Imam Organization, has been receiving threats after Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat visited him last month. The cleric said that he still stands by what he said and will not bow.
Narendra Modi-led Indian government on Thursday provided a security detail to a top Muslim cleric who received multiple threats after describing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat as "Rashtra Pita" (Father of the Nation).
Talking to reporters, Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, the chief cleric of the All-India Imam Organization, said: “I thank the Government of India for the Y+ category security which has been granted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.”
Y+ category is a security detail of 39 personnel, including 2-4 commandos and police personnel.
25 September 2022, 14:24 GMT
"Ever since Mohan Bhagwat has come to our mosque, I have been getting threatening calls continuously. I received a threatening call from England on September 23, saying that 'now you will burn in the fire of Hell. You will not be alive'," he stated.
The cleric elaborated that as
threat calls were coming from England, Dubai and Kolkata (West Bengal state), he lodged a case at Tilak Lane Police Station in Delhi and informed the federal Home Ministry about it.
"Some fundamentalists don’t like peace, love or peace in the country,” he said.
A meeting was held between Ilyasi and Bhagwat on September 22 at Madarsa Tajweedul Quran in Delhi. Other senior functionaries of the Islamic seminary were also present during the meeting which lasted for more than an hour.
RSS is a top Hindu nationalist organization and the ideological parent of PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
