Muslim body protests Israel delegation visit

Members of the city-based Raza Academy held a sit-in protest against visiting Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside its office in Byculla and raised slogans against him. 

Although the organisation wanted to take out a protest march from Byculla to Taj Hotel, the police did not grant permission to them to do so.

Thereafter, members of the organisation sat outside their office carrying banners with ‘Netanyahu go back’ written on them.

The outfit, which represents Barelvi Sunni Muslims, alleged that Netanyahu’s visit to the city was a “publicity stunt”.

Raza Academy’s general secretary Saeed Noorie said, “Expressing solidarity with an orphan is right, but certainly not the way Netanyahu is doing it. There were other children who lost their parents in the (26/11) terror attack. What about them?”

He also criticised the police for not allowing his organisation to hold a “peaceful” protest. Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party also held a similar protest in south Mumbai.