New Delhi, Sep 15 (IANS) At least four people were injured near the Jama Masjid here after supporters of Shahi Imam Ahmad Bukhari and Delhi Assembly Deputy Speaker Shoaib Iqbal fought over the mode of protest to be adopted against Pope's anti-Islam remarks.
According to police, the tussle broke out after the Friday prayers between the two groups outside the historic mosque in the old quarters of the capital and soon after, they resorted to stone pelting.
Both the groups, however, asked Pope Benedict XVI to withdraw his remarks and apologise.
Addressing the University of Regensburg in his home country, the Bavaria-born pontiff quoted 14th-century Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus who had said: "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached."
"We deployed some force including Rapid Action Force personnel. The situation is tense but under control," said a police official.
Bukhari and Iqbal are not in each other's good books after the religious leader had issued a fatwa against the politician during the last assembly elections.