An appeal to fellow Muslims of India in context of Covid-19 Pandemic :<\/p>\n
The global outbreak of Covid-19 is a huge challenge to the country and the humanity. We are struggling hard to keep it at bay.<\/p>\n
Of late, a message is going in the society at large that Muslims, as a group, in India are not adhering to \u2018social distancing\u2019 and other measures to counter the spread of the pandemic. Distressing videos are in wide circulation showing stone pelting at health workers, and clash of men from Muslim community with police personnel who were enforcing the law. In some videos, policemen are being forced to baton-charge the people hell-bent to go to a mosque for prayer. <\/p>\n
Today on April 4, 2020, a national daily reported that 25 per cent of the positive cases of novel corona virus reported in India are linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation held in Delhi in March.<\/p>\n
In this hour of deep crisis, we the following officers working in various civil services of India, feel compelled to appeal to the Muslim community in India that they should act responsibly and stand out as examples for fellow citizens in the fight against Corona Virus. Members of the Muslim community through their act of omission or commission should not offer anybody an opportunity to accuse them for the spread of the epidemic in India. They must adhere to the guidance of the public health experts and the orders of the Government, since what is correct must be followed irrespective of whether one finds support for that or not in religious scriptures.<\/p>\n
Contracting the virus even to one\u2019s own self is a sinful act as per the Islamic traditions. Suicide and courting danger and disease by one\u2019s rash and negligent act is haraam. The virus does not remain confined to the body of the person who invited it to himself through his foolish act. It travels rapidly in the family and society, and brings indiscriminate deaths to innocents. The Quran says if one kills an innocent human being, it is as if he had killed all mankind, and whosoever saves the life of one, it is as if he had saved the life of all mankind. <\/p>\n
There are many sayings and hadiths of the Prophet directing us to take steps to prevent the spread of epidemic, and to protect oneself. Even if there were no religious sanctions to avoid a plague or remain in quarantine during a raging epidemic, adopting measures to safeguard oneself from it would still be the sensible thing to do. <\/p>\n
Muslims can pray collectively at the mosques after the pandemic dies out and the normal life is restored. Temporarily avoiding going to the mosque to prevent spread of the disease does not mean one has deserted the mosques permanently, as many wrongly believe. One can pray at home by observing social distancing. Our responsible behaviour would help save the individual, his family and the country at large. <\/p>\n
We reiterate that in this hour of crisis, Muslim community in general should come forward and strengthen the hands of the Government of India and state governments in the fight against this pandemic by following their directions sincerely to fight and stay protected from the Corona virus pandemic. <\/p>\n
Lastly, we request the Indian media to cooperate with us in this effort during this hour of crises which could help in the efforts of the government and society in the fight against this deadly disease.<\/p>\n
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\n1) Asif Jalal, IPS (2002-HP)
\n2) Najmul Hoda, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Tamil Nadu-2001 batch
\n3) Sohail Malik, IRS 2010 batch, Joint Commissioner of IT, Delhi
\n4) Rashid Munir Khan, IPS 2008-WB
\n5) Muzammil Khan, IAS
\n6)Mohammad Shayin, IAS 2002 batch Haryana
\n7) Mohd Mustafa IPS 1985 Punjab
\n8) Noorul Hasan ,IPS,2015,MH
\n9)Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh, IFS, 2004, Consul General of India, Jeddah
\n10) Ms. Gudrun Nehar IRS 2005 batch Delhi
\n11) Shaikh Aminkhan, IRS 2011 batch Kolkata<\/p>\n
12) Dr. Amir Siddiqui, IRS 2016 batch<\/p>\n
13) Javed Akhtar, IRS 2002 batch, Delhi<\/p>\n
14) Dr. Saleem Ali, IPS (Retd.) 1978 batch, Tripura
\n15) Shuja Mahmood IRPS, 2006 batch, Hubli
\n16) Imtiyaz Khan, IRS 2009, Mumbai
\n17) Maqsood Ahmed, IPS, 2016 batch Haryana
\n18) TA Khan, IPS( Retd.) West Bengal 1968
\n19) Showkat Ahmad Parray, IAS, 2013 batch Punjab
\n20) Tariq Mabood IRS 2009
\n21) Imamuddin Ahmad, IRS, Commr. CGST, Mangalore
\n22) Zuhair Bin Saghir, IAS. 2006 batch, Uttar Pradesh<\/p>\n
23)Md. Imteyaz Alam, IRTS, 2011 batch, Danapur, Bihar
\n24)Mansoor Hasan Khan, IDAS 2002.
\n25) Mohammed Rizwan, IRS, 2004
\n26) Dr Hanif Qureshi, IPS 1996, Haryana
\n27) Zaigham Ali Khan IRAS 1999 SEC Railway Chhattisgarh<\/p>\n
28) Ms. Aisha Khan, IOFS, 2013 batch
\n29) K Asif Hafeez, IRPS 2010 batch, Senior Divisional Personnel officer, Begaluru
\n30) Md. Shamshad Alam, IRS 2004 batch
\n31) Dr. Mohd. Rehan Raza, DANICS 2012 , Delhi
\n32) Hammad Zafar, IPoS, Patna, Bihar
\n33) Akhtar Rashid, IRS, 2006 batch
\n34) Mohd Kamal Ahmad, IES 1989 Bhopal MP
\n35) Gaudh Alam, IPS 2017, Telangana<\/p>\n
36) Noman Hafiz, IOFS, 2015 Batch
\n37) Suhail A Kazi, IRS, 2009, Pune, Mah.
\n38) Mohammad Saim , IRS 2014, Hyderabad.
\n39) Shakil Ahmad Ganie,IRS 2016,Srinagar
\n40) Saddik Ahmed, IRS, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax,2013, Hyderabad,<\/p>\n
41) Mazid khan, IRS 2013, Delhi.
\n42) Yunus, IAS 2010 batch Himachal Pradesh
\n43) S I Faisal, IRS, 2004 Batch, Patna<\/p>\n
44) Suboor Usmani, IRS 2003, Maharashtra
\n45) Amna Tasneem IAS 2015 batch Haryana<\/p>\n
46) Mohd Owais, IRTS, 1989 Batch<\/p>\n
47) Waseem Akram, IPS
\nHaryana
\n48) Masroor Ahmad, IA&AS 2015, Odisha<\/p>\n
49) Hamna Mariyam Khan, IFS, 2017, Jeddah.
\n50) Syed Ali Abbas, IPS,2018,UP
\n51) Hamid Akhtar IPS 2008 Haryana
\n52) Amanullah Tak, IP&TAFS 2013( Director ,DoT,Ministry of Communications)<\/p>\n
54) Ms.Sufiyah Faruqui, IAS, 2009, Madhya Pradesh
\n55) S M Khan, Indian information Service 1982
\n56) Md Gayasuddin Ansari , IRS 2004 , Additional Commissioner of IT , Delhi
\n57) Mohammad Sana Akhtar, IPS, 2015 Batch, WB<\/p>\n
58) Mohammad Iqbal, IRTS, 2014, DDU
\n59) M Irfan Aziz, IRS 2007
\n60) Salim Javed, IRAS 2003
\n61) Azhar Zain V P, IRS 2005<\/p>\n
62) Gulzar Wani , IRS 2011, Delhi
\n63) Mohd Sameer Islam, IDES 2015, DEO Chandigarh Circle.
\n64)Tabish Shams, IDAS-2011, Kanpur.
\n65) Abdul Hamid, IPS 2006 batch
\n66) Mohamed Yasar Arafath R, IRS 2016, Assam
\n67) K.A. Mohammed Noushad, IFS, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Retd.), 1987 batch,Kerala
\n68) Nadeem Thufail T., IIS 2011, Chennai
\n69) Anis Rehman, ITS, 2004 batch, Delhi
\n70) Dr waseem ur Rehman , IRS, 2008, Hyderabad.
\n71) Jahangir Inamdar IA&AS 2004
\n72) Eqbal Saif, IRS (IT), 2016, Delhi
\n73) Shaikh Tanveer Asif, IAS, 2017, Karnataka
\n74) Asim Anwar, IFS 2016, Riyadh
\n75)Abdaal M Akhtar IAS 2015 batch, Odisha<\/p>\n
76) Mohammad Arshad, IRS 2016, WB
\n77) Dr Basharat Q IAS 2016 Jharkhand
\n78) Mohd. Parwez Alam, IAAS
\nSr. Dy.AG Manipur
\n79) Shakil Maqbool,ICAS 2013, J&K
\n80)Dr Shakir Hussain,IRS, CIT( Appeals) Belagavi<\/p>\n
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