Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir condemns attack on his aide, calls it an attempt to brew sectarianism
Islamabad, Jan 23: The Chairman of Ummat e Islami Jammu Kashmir and Mirwaiz of South Kashmir, Qazi Ahmed Yasir, has strongly condemned the attack on his aide in Kulgam by some people, calling it an attempt to brew sectarian violence in Kashmir.
While condemning the attack, he said that Molvi Owais Qadri is affiliated to Idara Tehqeeqat-e-Islami, a seminary run by Mirwaiz Yasir, and he was attacked by some people in Brazloo vllage of Kulgam district on Sunday. Later residents of Magray pora Islamabad came to his rescue and brought him to their village.
Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir said that the attack on Molvi Qadri is only to tear apart the social fabric of Kashmir. “Some elements are hellbent to incite sectarianism to hurt age old traditions of tolerance that come with Islam. We should not fall prey to such evil designs and get divided as a society in the name of religious groups. Such attacks should be condemned and stopped in order to fuel sectarian violence in Kashmir. We are living in a politically volatile region and sectarian violence will only absorb us into nothing. Such an attack on my aide seems like a threat to my people, politics and religious work,” he said.
“Kashmiris are rotting in jails and then they are sentenced to death and people expect peace to return.
It should be noted that Kashmir hasn’t forgotten Afzal Guru and the courts should look into the sensitiveness of Kashmir’s politics. We don’t want our youth to rot in jails and then get killed jails. If there is justice, it should be for all – even for those who killed more than 100 civilians in last summer.”—