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Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan is a sunni Muslim scholar and politician from Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. He is a descendant (Great-great-grandson) of Ahmad Raza Khan, a Hanafi jurist, and a nephew of Akhtar Raza Khan〔(Barelvis angry with the politicos playing ball with Wahabis now form a majority among Muslims in UP )〕〔(Cleric Tauqeer Raza meets BSP MP, but says won’t contest from Bareilly )〕 He is the founder and President of a political party Ittehad-e-Millat Council〔(The vote that counts ) tehelka.com〕〔(Barelvi cleric in poll ring,Bareilly poll math goes for a toss )〕 In May 2013 he was appointed as Vice-Chairman of the State Handloom Corporation of Uttar Pradesh with the rank of minister of state by the Samajwadi Party Govt.He accepted the post on the condition that a probe committee be constituted by the state Govt. to investigate several riots between Hindu and Muslims which took place after Akhilesh Yadav took over as Chief Minister.〔(Barelvi cleric elevated,wants SP to review candidates )〕 However in December 2013 he resigned from the post Blaming the Akhilesh Yadav government for its failure to prevent Muzaffarnagar riots.He said, "Had Akhilesh shown strictness at the time of riots in Kosi Kalan in Mathura, the Muzaffarnagar incident would not have taken place."〔(Akhilesh Yadav unable to take tough stand against communal elements: Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan )〕 He became controversial when he spoke about Taslima Nasrin, a Bangladeshi anti-Islamic author. In 2007, the Maulana had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh on the author's beheading if Indian Govt. did not restrict her entry to India.〔http://ibnlive.com/news/india/i-only-spoke-the-truth-taslima-nasreen-on-fir-against-tweets-654466.html〕 According to a report, Maulana had said,"the only way a fatwa against Taslima Nasreen, whose writings clerics denounced as anti-Islam, could be withdrawn was if she burnt her books and left India."〔(The charges levelled against Tauqeer Raza regarding issue of fatwa against Taslima Nasreen are wrong: Arvind Kejriwal )〕 In November 2013 Arvind Kejriwal, national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party was criticised for meeting the Maulana in Bareilly by BJP and Indian National Congress.Arvind was accused of playing the communal card."The AAP chief,however, sought to downplay the meeting saying he had gone to Bareilly on a religious tour and met the Muslim leader because 'he is a respectable person in the town'.〔(Kejriwal meets Muslim cleric behind fatwa on Taslima, sparks row )〕 ==See also== * Asaduddin Owaisi * Obaidullah Khan Azmi * Ahmad Raza Khan * Mustafa Raza Khan Qadri * Hamid Raza Khan * Akhtar Raza Khan * Subhan Raza Khan * Barelvi 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tauqeer Raza Khan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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