HYDERABAD: A delegation of Islamic organisations, including ulema and mashayekhs, on Saturday called on police commissioner Anjani Kumar alleging that former chairman of UP Shia Wakf Board Waseem Razvi had committed sacrilege against the Quran and the caliphs of Islam.
Razvi had reportedly said he has filed a petition in the Supreme Court pleading for removal of 26 verses from the Quran that he claimed spoke of jihad. Razvi claimed that these verses had been included by the first three caliphs to propagate the religion. They were being exploited by terrorists.
The delegation led by Jamia Nizamia Vice-Chancellor Moulana Mufti Khaleel Ahmed and Yakutpura MLA Ahmed Pasha Quadri informed the police commissioner that the community was aggrieved over this act of Razvi. They maintained that the Quran is protected from interpolation, as Allah has promised to protect the holy book from change and error. The Quran that they have in their homes have the exact same words revealed to…