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Stringent punishment should be meted out to rapists. GUWAHATI: Lok Sabha MP and president of Assam State Jamiat Ulama ASJU ), Maulana Badruddin Ajmal said that rapists have no religion and no religion accepts rapists.In a memorandum submitted to President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday, Ajmal who is also the chief of All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), demanded stringent punishment against those involved in rape in different parts of the country, including in Assam.“A rapist cannot have a religion because no religion allows a heinous crime against women like rape. At the same time we have to keep in mind that India is a secular, multi-ethnic and multi-religion country. Rape is the most deplorable and condemnable of all crimes. Even in social media we have come across such attempts of communal polarization on the issue of rape,” Quasimi said.Quasimi added that vest groups are also trying to reap benefits by politicizing the crime against women.“A rapist deserves the most stringent punishment irrespective of their religious affiliations..