Muslims appeal to President against religious bill

“The promulgation of the Bill will not only put hurdles in the Constitution and extension of new religious places of worship and centres of education, but would throttle religious institutions as well.”

The Muslim leaders said the Bill empowers the district magistrate to earmark the site where the religious institution would be constructed.

They said the idea behind the Bill was to deprive the minorities of their Constitutional rights.

The other signatories to the memorandum are M Afzal, former MP, Maulana Nawabuddin Naqashbandi, Z K Faizan, Wasim Ahmed Ghazi, Dr Shahid Pervez and Hamid Hussain Khizir.