Samastha to launch statewide protests
SKMMA would hold dharnas outside district collectorates on Aug 5 and would also take out a march to Secretariat on Sept 30. Ahead of these protests, district-level conventions will be completed by July 20, and range-level conventions by July 25. Mahal-level conventions will be held before Sept 30.
M T Abdulla Musaliyar, general secretary of Samastha Kerala Islam matha vidyabhyasa board, said that for Muslims, religious education is mandatory and added that it was not possible to cut short the Madrassa hours. He said that the govt could have easily arranged the school timings in such a way that it did not interfere in Madrassa learning.
IUML MP Haris Beeran said that the govt appears to be examining ways to undermine the religious beliefs of believers. TNN
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