Additional Name(s): Qazi Jahageer Alam Qasmi

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: India

Religion or Belief: Muslim – Unspecified/Other

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Date of Detainment: June/20/2021

Current Status: Not Released

Religious Leader: Yes

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment

Reason for Persecution: Managing a Religious Institution Religious Activity Religious Belief Religious Figure & Religious Leadership Role

Nature of Charges: Conversion Criminal Premeditation & Conspiracy Embezzlement & Fraud Hate Speech Treason & Sedition

Qazi Jahangir Qasmi

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Qazi Jahangir Qasmi is detained in relation to his religious activity. 

On June 20, 2021, authorities arrested Qazi Jahangir Qasmi, an Islamic cleric and employee at the Islamic Da’wah Centre, after accusing him and his colleague of forcibly converting thousands to Islam, including students with hearing disabilities, arranging marriages for converts, and receiving funding from abroad. He was charged with conspiracy, cheating and outraging religious feelings as well as under sections of Uttar Pradesh’s Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act.

On June 25, 2021, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against Qasmi to investigate allegations of foreign funding and money laundering.

In September 2021, a Lucknow court accepted an application from the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police to charge Qasmi and other involved in the case with “conspiracy to commit offences” waging war against the state (Sec. 121A IPC) and "concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war" (Sec. 123 IPC).

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