Hyderabad: Several social and religious organisations in the city on Friday took out protest rallies against the “genocide” of the Rohingyas in Myanmar. At several mosques across the city, special supplications (dua) was also organised for the ‘persecuted community’.
A massive rally was taken out from Asifnagar to Mehdipatnam by local social organisations of the area while another small rally was taken out at Mumtaz Bagh colony in Errakunta area in the Old City. At Barkas, a group of youngsters including Arab Gau Raksha Dal burned pictures of the Myanmar’s state couns-ellor and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Abdullah Bahamed, who led the protest at Barkas, said that the premeditated targeting of Rohingyas in Myanmar is an act of terrorism.
At Ujale Shah Eidgah in Saidabad, the Darsgah Jihad-o-Shahadat organised a special supplication session. At Jamia Masjid – Darulshifa, prayers were held for the safety of the the Rohingyas. Similar prayer meetings were held at various other places in the city.
