.Picture for depiction.| Image Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Organization (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic academic and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an illegal theological conversion scenario. The courthouse penalized four other indicted– Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim– to 10 years of jail time in addition to fines depending on to the applicable Sections troubled them. Mr.
Siddiqui and 11 others were actually founded guilty under Parts 121 A (conniving to devote particular infractions versus the condition), 123 (covering with intent to assist in a style to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity in between different teams on premises of religious beliefs, nationality, birthplace, home, foreign language, etc) and applicable Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religious Beliefs Act, 2021. The various other convicts are: Maulana Umar Gautam, Arshan Mustafa, Adam, Jahangir Qasmi, Kaushar Alam, Faraz Babullah Shah, Irfan Sheikh, Salahuddin Zainuddin Sheikh, Sarfaraz Ali Jafari, Mohd Atif and Abdullah Umar. Jailed in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team arrested Mr.
Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly rushing an across the country syndicate for theological transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic leave, was charged of functioning a spiritual conversion racket with several organizations and also universities he moneyed and obtaining funds coming from global organisations.
He was accused of marketing enmity in between different religious teams and also troubling India’s prepotence and stability. Published – September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.