Azmi had reportedly said that Aurangzeb was not a "cruel administrator" and "built many temples". He added that the battle between the Mughal emperor and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj was for state administration and not about Hindu and Muslim.
Refuting the claims that Aurangzeb was against Hindus, Azmi stated that the emperor had 34 per cent of Hindus in his administration and his advisors were Hindus. Therefore, he added, there was no need to give a Hindu-Muslim angle.
BJP leader Nishikant Dubey sounded the alarm on the demographic changes in Santhal Pargana, Jharkhand, on Monday, claiming that the tribal population has decreased from 45% to 28%, while the Muslim population has increased from 9% to 24%.
Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader and former Federal Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has sounded the alarm on the deteriorating security situation in Balochistan, warning that armed groups could seize control of the region if security measures aren't strengthened.
"Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is talking nonsense... His party does Hindu, Muslim and Christian... But this is Bengal, here Hindus, Muslims and Christians, are all supporters of Mamata Banerjee," Ghosh told ANI.
The spirit of the holy month was felt in every corner, as mosques across the country were filled with worshippers offering Namaz, while markets were busy with people preparing for the sacred month.
The Masjid Bunder area market in Mumbai was decked up with huge stocks for Ramazan celebrations ahead of the festivals, including fruits, shawls, dates, fabrics, and dry fruits on Saturday.
These programmes are integral to the Muslim Council of Elders' media strategy, which aims at leveraging every available platform to foster dialogue, peace, tolerance, and coexistence.
His remarks come after Adityanath in the UP legislative assembly said that the Samajwadi Party (SP) wants to promote Urdu to make the children 'Maulvis.
"They say everywhere in media that temples were demolished 400 years ago. Richard M. Eaton (American historian) writes in his book 'Temple Desecration and Muslim States in Medieval India' that 80 temples were destroyed from the 11th century until 1600 - during Muslim rule," Owaisi said while
According to a CFU report, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has made Islamic practices among Uyghurs illegal, calling any expression of them "religious extremism".