07-25-2011, 12:02 AM
[url="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Vastanvi-sacked-from-Darul-Uloom-cries-foul/H1-Article1-724935.aspx"]Vastanvi sacked from Darul Uloom, cries foul[/url]
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Quote:Influential Islamic seminary Darul Uloom of Deoband sacked its rector Ghulam M Vastanvi on Sunday after a panel probing his alleged praise of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi submitted a disputed report. Vastanvi refused to resign despite being asked to do so by the institution's shoora (supreme governing council) following which he was impeached after a vote. Eight council members voted to have him fired, against six who supported his continuance as mohatamim (rector). Among those who backed Vastanvi was cleric Badruddin Ajmal, a millionnaire perfume baron and MP from Assam.
"I was removed despite a favourable inquiry report. By God's grace, there was nothing to suggest I praised Modi," Vastanvi told HT. He relinquished charge immediately and is due to fly to London early Monday for a religious conference.
Supporters of Vastanvi said his removal would be challenged in the Supreme Court, but he denied taking any such decision.
Set up in 1866 by Muslim clerics at the forefront of India's freedom struggle, Darul Uloom is an important seat of Sunni Islam and serves as the spiritual wellspring of the Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind, the country's largest Muslim organisation.
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