“Though corruption the deadly disease like cancer is affecting the society, it is also necessary that the civil society concentrate their attention to the problems of the Muslims,” Daryabadi said here on Tuesday.

Delhi’s Jama Masjid’s imam Ahmad Bukhari on Monday described Hazare’s slogans as ‘anti-Islam’ and accused him of working at Rashtriya Sevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) behest.

Describing Bukhari’s appeal to the Muslims as his “personal view” Maulana Daryabadi said that corruption affects Bukhari as a “royal imam” of a mosque that an emperor had built.” “We support Hazare’s struggle,” Daryabadi said and extend all our support to him.

Muslim non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) representatives also slammed Bukhari. They said they would make out a massive rally from Crawford Market to Azad Maidan a day later in Hazare’s support.

Salim Alware, member of Federation of Minorities in Maharashtra said, “Bukhari’s statement is divisive. Corruption affects every Indian.”