Srinagar, January 16 (KMS): The Muslim scholars of occupied Kashmir have threatened to launch a Valley-wide agitation if the Indian government and its intelligence agencies don’t stop interfering in the religious affairs of the Kashmiri Muslims.
The scholars, in a meeting held in Srinagar, with the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in chair, maintained that some elements in the puppet administration and police were following anti-Muslim and anti-Kashmir policy. They demanded stern action against such elements.
“No Friday prayers were allowed in the Jamia Masjid and the other mosques of the Valley for seven consecutive Fridays on the pretext of holding so-called elections in the territory. It was direct interference in our religious affairs and we won’t tolerate it. The Jamia Masjid siege was worst in the history of Kashmir, surpassing even the infamous siege by soldiers during Sikh Rule in the nineteenth century,” Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said.
The APHC Chairman said that on one hand, the entire administration is pressed into service during the Amarnath yatra, but on the other, same administration leaves no stone unturned to quell Muharram, Meelad and other processions taken out by the Muslims.
The participants of the meeting deplored that Indian agencies bar Kashmiris from performing Hajj. “Every Muslim yearns to perform Hajj once in his life. But in Kashmir it has become a routine to prevent the pilgrims on one pretext or the other,” they said, adding, “Stopping any Muslim from performing Hajj is direct interference in our religious matters.”
The scholars took strong exception to Israeli air strikes on Palestinians and urged the Organization of Islamic Conference to take steps to end the miseries of innocent people of Palestine. The meeting was attended among others by Maulana Abbas Ansari, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi, Mufti Bashiruddin, Maulana Showkat Ahmad Shah and Sheikh Ali Mohammad.
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