US Muslim group condemns Hyderabad blasts

New York, Aug 26 (UNI) Indian Muslim Council-US, an advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India's pluralist and tolerant ethos, has condemned the twin bomb blasts in Hyderabad, and appealed to all communities to be calm and work together to detect the source of such terror.

'' Violence serves no cause, no religion and no community.

Such barbaric acts only serve the agenda of anti-socials, fascists and extremists,'' Rasheed Ahmed, president of IMC-US said.

He added that '' at times like these, the foremost need is to attend to the victims while urging the government to intensify efforts to identify the real perpetrators. It is a travesty of justice that time and again such barbaric acts get politicized and in the process innocent people get victimized, while the real perpetrators of such terrorist activities stay at large''.

Rahmat Baig, vice president, IMC-US, said: "It is tragic that such barbaric acts are occurring with a regularity. Only the time and place changes. We have been focusing on foreign sources and agents for a while without much success.

We urge the government to investigate domestic sources as well in the light of revelation about Nanded and Malegaon blasts and incidents involving a number of fake encounters." IMC-US, comprising many Muslims hailing from Andhra Pradesh, urged the state and the Center to do its best to take care of the victims and their families. The organization hoped that a transparent and broad-base investigation would be conducted to find the criminals and punish them to the fullest extent of the law.

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