Article Below is from The Times Of India:

A day after former chairman of the Shia Central Wakf Board in Uttar Pradesh, Waseem Rizwi filed a PIL in Supreme Court seeking removal of 26 verses from the Quran, the Mumbai-based reached the apex court on Friday with a petition seeking dismissal of the PIL.


The academy has also requested the court to pass strictures against Rizvi for hurting people’s sentiments. Rizvi in his petition has said that these 26 verses were allegedly inserted by three Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar and Usman) to enlarge their power and that these verses provoke violence. The SC is yet to admit the petition.


The All-India Shia Personal Law Board and many other Muslim organisations have condemned Rizvi’s action and appealed to SC to dismiss the PIL as “Muslims will not accept any debate on authenticity and truthfulness of the Quranic verses.” “Nobody from Hazrat Imam Ali, the first imam of the Shia, to Imam Hussain or any other imam ever raised doubts over the veracity of the Quranic verses", said Maulana Yasoob Abbas.