Hyderabad, Sept. 8 -- Several Muslim religious leaders and community elders urged the community to observe restraint and show patience if anyone anti-social elements cause provocation during the final day of Ganesh immersions in the city.

Unanimously, all of them appealed to the community to attend prayers at local mosques in their localities.Maulana Qubool Pasha Quadri, one of those who made the appeal, said that the time demands all Muslims to show patience and not anger. He asked Muslims in Hyderabad to not react violently to any attempts of anti-social elements intending to tarnish the social fabric in Hyderabad and Telangana.

He requested people to avoid going far for Friday prayers and to attend prayers at local mosques in their r...