Muslims have decided to extend a helping hand to Dalits inthe Ravidas temple demolition row and will hold a march here on Sunday to showtheir solidarity with Dalits.The march, which will start at Jamia Hamdard andmove towards the site in Tughlaqabad, is being organised by both Shia and Sunnisects of the Muslim community.

Many prominent religious figures, including Maulana FazlulManan of Teele Wali Masjid in Lucknow, are likely to take part in the march.

On the proposed march, Mehmood Pracha, main organiser andeminent lawyer, said Dalits and Muslims were under threat and they should fightit together. "There is no politics into it. We are trying to cometogether," he said.

"To show solidarity with the Scheduled Caste communityon the issue of demolition of Sant Ravidas temple and arrest of Bhim Army chiefChandrashekar Aazad, the Muslims are organising a silent march to demandrebuilding of the temple and release of Aazad as well as 95 otherprotesters," said a release.The temple was demolished by the DelhiDevelopment Authority on August 10 on the Supreme Court order.

A petition for the rebuilding of the temple, filed byCongress leader Ashok Tanwar, is pending at the court.