Thursday, May 1, 2008

JIH demands minority status for Jamia Millia Islamia



By Khabrein.info Correspondent,
New Delhi, May 1: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) a leading Muslim orgnisation in the country has asked government to give minority status to Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university in New Delhi. Jamaat has also opposed move by university administration to earmark OBC quota in the university.
It is not just Jamaat that has demanded a minority status for Jamia Millia Islamia, a host of other Muslim organizations have been asking the government to give minosrity status to the university. JMI was launched in early twentieth century by prominent Muslim personalities including Dr Zakir Hussain and had active support of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first education minister in India post partition.
Jamaat not only passed a resolution at the end of its recently held central advisory committee (Majlise Shura) but also organized a symposium on 29th April.


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