By Jehangir Ali
Srinagar: A prominent conglomerate of social and religious outfits in Jammu and Kashmir have called for an investigation into a “mischievous attempt” at a prominent Sunni mosque in the heart of Srinagar where a group of Shiite youth recently held a mourning ceremony amid the ongoing Islamic month of Muharram.
In a statement, Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU), a grouping of more than dozen outfits headed by moderate Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, termed the event, which was held on July 18 at Srinagar’s Khanqah-e-Moula, as “a planned attempt to hurt the sentiments” of Kashmir’s Sunni majority population.
The MMU urged the J&K Wakf Board, a governing body of the government that manages the affairs of Muslim shrines in the Union Territory, to “unearth the truth”. Wakf chairman and BJP leader Darakshan Andrabi said stern action would be taken and no one would be allowed to “create sectarian division” in Kashmir.
Following the MMU statement, the Cyber Police in Kashmir also warned the social media users on Saturday, July 20, that it had “taken cognisance of some sectarian/inflammatory content being shared online.” Sources said the Wakf board has also set up an inquiry team to probe the incident but no legal action has been taken so far.
‘No elder with them’
Located in the heart of downtown Srinagar, Khanqah-e-Moula is one of the oldest Sufi shrines in Kashmir which was raised in 1935 to honour the renowned Persian preacher and saint Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, locally also known as Amir-i-Kabir (the great commander), who is credited for spreading Islam in Kashmir.
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