Hyderabad: A group of Muslims headed by Muslim cleric Moulana Mohammed Naseeruddin, President Telangana Chapter of Wahdat-e-Islami Hind on Thursday offered Namaz-e-Janaza (funeral prayers in absentia) for people who died in different places across India protesting against CAA/NRC.
Moulana Naseeruddin gave a call for offering funeral prayers in Absentia upon which a group of more than five hundred persons gathered at Eid-Gah Ujale Shah grounds in Saidabad and offered prayers .
Apart from offering prayers for those who died during the protests the group, two minutes silence was also observed by Muslims for non Muslims fellow citizens who died in the same protest. In wake of the programme the local police have made made necessary bandobust.
“It’s the duty of every Muslim to pray for those who died opposing the CAA and NRC laws, large number of turnout for prayers is a sign of unity among the community” said Moulana Naseeruddin.