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Waseem Rizvi needed some modifications within the Quran, now he has a bounty of Rs. 20,000 on his head

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Syed Waseem Rizvi, ex-chairperson of the UP Shia Central Waqf Board stirred the hornet’s nest of extremists and ultra-soft seculars of the Muslim neighborhood on Thursday when he filed a petition within the Supreme Court looking for to take away 26 verses of the Quran alleging that it promoted terrorism and Jihad. However, as quickly because the information of the petition got here to gentle, the Muslim clerics issued a bounty provide of Rs 20,000 for anybody who introduced Rizvi’s head to them.The resolution to file a petition to change the Quran has seemingly not gone down properly with the fanatics of the faith as Muslim clerics have condemned Rizvi for difficult the Holy Quran and its chapters. Islamic Cleric Hasnain Jaffrey Dumpy, the nationwide president of Islamic organisation – Shiane-Haider-e-Karrar Welfare Association, introduced a bounty of Rs 20,000 to anyone who beheads Rizvi.After issuing bounty, Islamic cleric Dumpy additionally urged the administration to take motion towards Rizvi for allegedly trying to harm Muslims’ sentiments by talking ailing of Quran. He claimed Rizvi’s assertion might incite violence in society and demanded his rapid arrest.The All-India Shia Personal Law Board and plenty of different Muslim organisations have condemned Rizvi’s motion and urged the SC to dismiss the PIL as “Muslims will not accept any debate on authenticity and truthfulness of the Quranic verses.”“Nobody from Hazrat Imam Ali, the first Imam of the Shias, to Imam Hussain or any other imam ever raised doubts over the veracity of the Quranic verses. He is quoting out of context and trying to spread discord. The Supreme Court should throw out the PIL immediately,” mentioned Shia Personal Law Board’s common secretary and spokesperson Maulana Yasoob Abbas.Maulana Kalbe Jawad Naqvi, common secretary of Majlis Ulema-e-Hind in Lucknow, mentioned that Rizvi had nothing to do with the Shia Board or Islam. He described Rizvi as an agent of extremist and anti-Muslim organizations. Meanwhile, Maulana Khalid Rashid has demanded the Uttar Pradesh authorities to take strict motion towards Waseem Rizvi for submitting a petition within the Supreme Court.The Jammu and Kashmir Anjuman-E-Sharie Shian President Aga Syed Hassan Mosavi Al-Safavi additionally condemned the petition difficult the Holy Quran and its chapters.In the PIL, Rizvi claimed that the objectionable verses had been added to the holy e book of Muslims later. “These verses were added to the Quran, by the first three Caliphs, to aid the expansion of Islam by war,” Rizvi had mentioned. According to Rizvi, terrorists use these verses to gasoline jihad. He additionally mentioned that these verses are used to mislead the younger Muslim era, scary them to develop into radicals and terrorists ensuing within the bloodbath of hundreds of thousands of innocents.The aforementioned statements by the Muslim clerics is a tragic commentary on the state of affairs of the non secular neighborhood whose repute has taken a nostril dive recently for churning terrorists and extremists who’re misguided by misinterpretation of the Quran.