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Head of a known Islamic seminary, who has stayed away from politics, Maulana Rehmatullah Mir Qasmi is the first religious figure to get NIA summons in Valley; parties say “there should be no witch hunt”

Attracted towards activism early in life, Jilani got drawn into the AIMPLB and then the Babri Masjid cases, and anchored all of them from the beginning to end, rejecting numerous offers and enticements of public office

Senior advocate Jilani was also convener of Babri Masjid Action Committee and argued in the Ram Janmabhoomi case before the Supreme Court.

As a convenor of the Babri Masjid Action Committee, he had argued in the Ram Janmabhoomi case before the Supreme Court.

The last rites will be performed at Lucknow's Aishbagh cemetery Wednesday evening.

Jilani died during treatment at Lucknow’s Nishat Hospital in Qaiserbagh and is survived by daughter Maria Rehan, sons Najafzafar Jilani and Anaszafar Jilani, and wife Azra Jilani. The family resides in Qaiserbagh. Jilani was buried at the Qaiserbagh graveyard late Wednesday evening.

Besides Upadhyay's petition, there are four other petitions as well which have contended that India "urgently needs a Uniform Civil Code".

The executive body also appealed to the highest authorities to put stringent measures in place to control “communal hatred” being spread across the country.

A delegation of Muslim religious leaders met Union Home Minister Amit Shah late last night and flagged incidents of communal violence after Ram Navami and hate speeches.

However, free intermixing of genders in the same line or common space is not in conformity with the position prescribed in Islam and that needs to be taken care of by segregation within the premises by the management committee, if possible, the board said in a statement.