Statement by Muslim intellectuals on Taliban's demolition of statues

It is unfortunate to learn that Afghanistan's Taliban Government has decided to demolish statues of historical and religious importance in the country. Historical
monuments are the heritage of all mankind and do not belong to any government or area or people. Demolition of places of worship and statues of religious
personalities is totally un-Islamic and unwarranted. Islam orders us to respect the places of worship of other religions. Islam does not allow the destruction of
religious places of any community. If the news emanating from Afghanistan is correct we condemn this act and ask the Taliban government to desist from any such
step which goes against the spirit of Islam.
 

Mufti Mukarram Ahmad
Shahi Imam,  Fatehpuri Jama Masjid
Delhi

Maulana Waheeduddin Khan
President, The Islamic Centre
New Delhi

Dr M Ghayasuddin
Director, The Muslim Institute,
Leader, Muslim Parliament
London

Khalid Amayreh,
Journalist, Jerusalem, Palestine

Syed Hamid
Chancellor, Hamdard University
New Delhi

Shahid Siddiqi
Editor, Daily Awam & Weekly Nai Duniya, New Delhi

M. Afzal
Ex-MP, Editor, Weekly Akhbar-e Nau, New Delhi

Syed Shahbuddin
Ex- M.P.
President, All- India Muslim Mushawarat, New Delhi

Javed Habib
Chairman, Bharati Majlis
New Delhi
 

Mohammad Wasimul Haq
Editor, Daily Akhbar-e Mashriq
Kolkata/New Delhi

Asghar Ali Engineer
Centre For Study Of Society And Secularism
Mumbai

Dr Nafis Ahmad Siddiqui
Convenor,
Human Rights Union of Supreme Court Lawyers
New Delhi

Prof. Zubair Ahmad Farooqi
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi

Prof. Shafiq Ahmad Khan Nadwi
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi

Dr.Jawaid Quddus
University of Michigan, USA

Taoufik Founi
Director , IslamOnline.net , Cairo

Prof. Ishtiyaq Ahmad Zilli
Aligarh Muslim University

Dr Rahat Abrar
Aligarh Muslim University

Ahmad Idris, PhD
Brussels

M. Ahmad Kazmi
Editor, Media Star Feature Service
New Delhi

Parwez Wahid
Northeastern University, USA

Shamshad Quamar
shamshad11@hotmail.com

Sultan Shahin
sultanshahin@hotmail.com

Nawab Khan
Journalist, Athens, Greece

Ayyub Malik
London

Zafar Iqbal, Ph.D.
Washington

Hassan N. Gardezi
Professor Emeritus, Canada

Qutub Ghulamali, USA
qali@erols.com

Dr. Munawar A. Anees, USA
dranees@compuserve.com

Dr Farida Khanam
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Prof. Ziaul Hasan Nadwi
Jamia Millia Islamia
New Delhi

M Ziyaul Haque
Journalist, New Delhi

Syed Iftikhar Ahmad
Editor, Weekly Shodhan
Mumbai

Firoz Mithiborwala
Human rights activist
Mumbai

Sarfaraz Arzoo
Editor, Daily Hindustan
Mumbai

Prof. Iqbal Ansari
Secretary General, Minority Council of India, Aligarh

Naved Hamid
Secretary, MOEMIN
New Delhi

Naseem Ghazi
Chairman, Sahitya Prakashan
New Delhi

S Ubaidur Rahman
The Milli Gazette
New Delhi

Aisha Khan
New York University

Saeed Sahrawardy
Journalist, New Delhi

Nilofar Sahrawardy
Journalist, New Delhi

Aslam Mahmud
Hamdard University, New Delhi

S. Ausaf Ali
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Maulana Abdul Hai Farooqi
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Mufti Sulaiman Zafar Qasmi
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Aqil Ahmad
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Syed Zabiullah Hussaini
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Syed Qamrul Hasan
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Ahmad Habib Kidwai
Hamdard University, New Delhi

A. Habib Khan Afghani
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Dr Arshi Khan
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Dr Ishtiaqh Danish
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Colonel Mohammad Farooq Khan
Hamdard University, New Delhi

Feroz Bakht Ahmed
Chairman, Friends for Education, New Delhi

Shamsul Islam
University of Delhi

Ms. Shirin
Nishant Natya Munch, Mumbai

Jawed Akhter
Nishant Natya Munch, Mumbai

Jafar Khan
Nishant Natya Munch, Mumbai

Abbas Ali Baig
Writer, New Delhi

Ash Khan, USA
akhan@cadvision.com

KM Aarif
President, United Economic Forum
Mumbai

C. M. Naim
Professor, South Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago

Shah Faisal Sayed
sayedfaisal@yahoo.com

Sheeraz Ali
UAE

Ayub Khan
Journalist, USA
ayub@ameritech.net

Ishtiaq Ahmed
Coordinator, PPAD
Canada

Usama Khalidi, USA
usama@sprintmail.com

Shaikh Manzoor Ahmad
Special Correspondent, UNI
New Delhi

Syed Husain Afsar
Urdu Times, Mumbai

Simi Kamal
CEO, Raasta, Karachi

Dr Iqbal Mohammed
Bangalore

Malika Babasaheb Mistry
malikamistry@rediffmail.com
 
 

Dr. Ishaq Jamkhanwala
Ex-Minister, Maharashtra,
Chairman Anjuman Islam, Mumbai

Riyaz Ahmed Khan
Muslim Intelectual Forum, Mumbai

Hanif Lakdawala
Muslim Intelectual Forum, Mumbai

Sayeed Akthar
Advocate, Mumbai

Adv.Nilufer Akthar
Advocate, Mumbai

Begam Rehana Undre
Chairman Royal Education Society,
Mumbai

Adv. Shafiq Parkar
Muslim Intelectual Forum, Mumbai

Mrs. T.S. Mulla
Mumbai

Prof.Nasreen Fazalbhoy
Mumbai

Dr.Zeenat Shaukatali
Mumbai

Ali M Shamsi
Ex-chairman Kokan Mercantile Bank, Mumbai

Karamatullah Khan GHORI,
Ex-ambassador of Pakistan to Turkey, Iraq, Kuwait and Algeria
k_k_ghori@hotmail.com

Mirza Faisal Beg
mfbeg786@hotmail.com

Dr Mohammed Obaidullah
International Islamic University Malaysia

Azam & Aysha Saeed
Farmington, Connecticut, USA

Dr Zafarul Islam Khan
Director, The Institute of Islamic & Arab Studies; Editor, The Milli Gazette, New Delhi