Mumbai, March 13 -- Former chairman of UP Shia Waqf Board Waseem Rizvi has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court seeking the removal of 26 verses from the Quran.

Reacting to it, Raza Academy, a Mumbai-based organization approached the apex court with a request to dismiss the petition.

It also urged the court to pass strictures against Rizvi for hurting religious sentiment, the Times of India reported.

In the petition, Rizvi had claimed that these 26 verses were inserted by the first three caliphs, Hazrat Abu Bakr, Hazrat Umar, and Hazrat Usman. He also alleged that terrorists use these verses to promote jihad.

Although, the SC has not yet admitted the petition, many organizations including All-India Shia Person...