New Delhi: An FIR has been registered against Farhan Zubairi, a leader of students’ union at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), under relevant sections of IPC for allegedly making objectionable remarks against France and Christians during a protest march on 29th Oct.
A case has been lodged against Farhan Zubairi on Friday evening under Indian Penal Code section sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race…) and 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) at the Civil Lines police station, it said.
The FIR against Zubairi states that during the protest march on Thursday “objectionable slogans” were raised against a particular community.
Addressing the AMU protesters, Farhan Zubairi can be heard saying, “If anyone commits blasphemy, we will behead him. Because, our foundation and the foundation of Islam is based on the Kalma -La Ilaha Illallah, Mohammed-un-Rasool Allah (There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad is his messenger). If anyone does wrong to our Creator, then we will not tolerate it.”
#France_SpreadingHate #FranceSupportingIslamophobia #AMUBoycottFrance pic.twitter.com/IWViUbi9fm
— Farhan Zuberi (@FarhanZuberi1) October 29, 2020
“No follower of any religion tolerates deliberate insult to their own Prophet. What has further inflamed Muslim sentiments is that the President of France has invoked the issue of freedom of expression to justify such agenda of hate against Muslims,” PTI quoted Zubairi as saying on Friday.
“We will intensify the ongoing protest and boycott all French products because this is the most potent way to express our anger and anguish on such a disturbing issue,” he further said.
