Muslim leaders including Jamiatul Ulamas Maulana Arshad Madni, Jamaat-e Islamis Maulana Jalaluddin Umri, Fatehpuri Masjid Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad, Majlis Mushawarats Dr Zafarul Islam Khan, Shabnam Hashmi of ANHAD etc, while regretting the riots and loss of life and properties, mainly of Muslims, condemned the acts of mischievous elements, particularly BJP and other communal parties for their conspiratorial plans to manipulate communal riots to polarise people on religious lines with the sole objective of winning elections.
ಧರ್ಮಗುರು ಮೌಲಾನಾ ಮಸ್ತಾಕ್ ನಜ್ಮಿ, ಮುಖಂಡರಾದ ಎ. ಎಂ. ಹಿಂಡಸಗೇರಿ, ಅಲ್ತಾಫ್ ಹಳ್ಳೂರು, ಬಶೀರ್ ಅಹ್ಮದ್ ಗುಡಮಾಲೆ, ಬಶೀರ್ ಹಳ್ಳೂರು, ದದಾ ಹಮಿತ್ ಖೈರಾತಿ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಮತ್ತಿತರರು ಇದ್ದರು.