Mumbai, June 10 -- In an effort to provide immediate and effective assistance to victims of hate crimes in Maharashtra, Muslim organisations, civil society groups, community leaders and legal experts have announced the launch of task forces.

The decision was made on June 8 during a meeting organised by the Federation of Maharashtra Muslims (FMM) at Mumbai's Islam Gymkhana. The meeting was attended by several Muslim MLAs, lawyers, judges, social activists, and religious scholars. The attendees discussed the issues concerning hate speech, hate crime, the Maharashtra Freedom of Religion (Anti-Conversion) la and the planned rollout of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC).

Jamaat-e-Islami Maharashtra president Maulana Ilyas Khan Falahi, said during ...