No foreign preachers allowed: Minister Parameshwara tells Meelad-un-Nabi event organisers

Bengaluru, Sep 3 (PTI) Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Wednesday reminded the Joint Milad Committee, which will be hosting the International Meelad-un-Nabi Conference in the city on September 5, that foreigners are prohibited from participating or preaching in religious events in India.

According to the organisers, thousands of people are likely to participate in the event scheduled to take place at the Palace Grounds here.

The organisers have invited Sufi saint Habeeb Umar Bin Hafeez of Yemen, along with Grand Mufti of India Shaikh Abubacker Ahmed Musliyar.

The Minister said police would monitor the programme to ensure compliance of the law.

“We (police) have brought to the notice of the organisers who organised the event that there is no scope in the Indian laws for foreigners to preach or take part in the religious events...” Parameshwara told reporters here.

He said, while foreign religious scholars may have been invited, the police have instructed the organisers not to invite them to avoid violation of the rules.

There is Foreign Regional Registration Office (FRRO) will be tracking the event, the Minister added.

Asked whether the police will keep a watch, he said it is obvious. PTI GMS GMS ROH