Hyderabad, April 10 -- After facing a storm of criticism for his Twitter thread suggesting certain restrictions on the use of loudspeakers for giving theazaan, All India Personal Law Board General Secretary Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani on Friday has issued an apology.

Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani was made the Board's General Secretary, after the recent demise of another noted scholar, Maulana Wali Rahmani. Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani also heads the prominent madrassaAl Mahadul Aali al-Islaamiin Taleemabad, on the eastern outskirts of Hyderabad which boasts of alumni in various parts of the world.

In a statement released on Twitter on Friday, Maulana Khalid said that he had expressed his opinion in his personal capacity whic...