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Why Mention Markaz COVID-19 Patients in Health Bulletin? Delhi Minority Panel Asks Health Secretary

The specification is leading to more Islamophobia at a time when the World Health Organisation has asked states to stay away from such religious profiling, the minority panel alleged.

Updated: April 10, 2020 9:11 AM IST

By India.com News Desk | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh

Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat
(फाइल फोटो)

New Delhi: Terming the practice of specifically mentioning the name of the Nizamuddin Markaz in its health bulletin as “thoughtless”, the Delhi Minorities Commission has asked the Health Secretary to stop the practice which is “feeding into the Islamophobic agenda”. Chairman of the commission Zafarul Islam Khan said in his letter “Your bulletins of coronavirus victims are showing a separate column ‘Markaz Masjid’. Such thoughtless classification is feeding into the Islamophobic agenda of the lap media and Hindutva forces and has been easily turned into a handle to attack Muslims across the country.”

He alleged that as a result, “Muslims are being attacked in various areas, calls are being made for their social boycott, one boy has been lynched in the North-West Delhi village of Harewali, others attacked.”

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The minority commission said that WHO has said that countries should not profile novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in terms of religion or any other criteria.

The Union health ministry said in its advisory on April,8: “Despite all precautions, if anybody catches the infection, it is not their fault. In a situation of distress, the patient and the family need support and cooperation.” Further, the advisory requested citizens to “never spread names or identity of those affected or under quarantine or their locality on the social media”.

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