The Supreme Court on Monday said that the petition filed by former UP Shia Waqf Board chairman Waseem Rizvi was “absolutely frivolous”. Rizvi had filed a petition asking the top court to remove 26 verses from the holy Quran, the court dismissed the case filed by him with a cost of Rs 50,000. 

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Judges R F Nariman, B R Gavai and Hrishikesh Roy rejected the petition by Rizvi that alleged the said 26 verses of Quran ‘promoted terrorism’.

Rizvi in his plea had said that the religion has been swaying away from the basics. He added that Islam is based on the concepts of equity, equality, forgiveness and tolerance but a lot of interpretations of the verses have drifted people from the basic tenets. 

His petition drew massive backlash from several Muslim outfits and Islamic heads.

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An FIR was also registered against him last month in Bareilly, for hurting the religious sentiments of Muslims, at the Kotwali police station following complaints by Anjuman Khuddam-e-Rasool secretary Shan Ahmed and an organisation known as Ittehad-e-Millat council.