ME AND MAULANA: A PERSONAL RECOLLECTION OF WAHIDUDDIN KHAN - John M. Butt

RENOWNED ISLAMIC SCHOLAR MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN IN ICU AFTER TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID Revathi Krishnan Padma Vibhushan awardee & renowned Islamic scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is noted for a 15-day Shanti Yatra he took in 1992 across Maharashtra when communal tensions were rife. N ew Delhi: Maulana Wahiduddin Khan, a renowned Islamic scholar and peace activist, was admitted to Apollo Hospital in Delhi late Monday night after he tested positive for Covid-19. The 96-year-old scholar has been admitted to the ICU, however, he has no fever and his blood and oxygen levels are also stable. Zafarul Islam, Khan’s eldest son, said that he was doing much better but was still in ICU. “Nobody is allowed to enter the room or speak to him, but the doctors have told us that he is doing much better now. There is no fever, his oxygen level is stable and his blood pressure is normal,” Islam told The Print. According to him, Khan had been unwell for the past week. “The doctors first said he had pneumonia … however last