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sympathetic to Kashmiris' grievances, urges Muslim cleric
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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Islamabad:
A prominent Indian Muslim cleric has urged the Indian government
to be serious about resolving the Kashmir issue and take a
"sympathetic view" of the Kashmiris' grievances, a Pakistani paper
reported Saturday.
"The Indian government should adopt a serious approach to solving
the Kashmir problem and take a sympathetic view of the grievances
of the Kashmir Valley's people," Mufti Mohammad Mukarram, the Imam
of New Delhi's Fatehpuri Mosque, told the Urdu daily Jang in a
telephonic interview.
Terming the curfew and restrictions in the Valley for over the
last three-four months as an "unwise" step, he said if the Indian
government considers the Kashmiris to be Indian citizens, then the
Kashmiris should be entitled to the same rights as available to
Indian citizens in the country's other states.
The almost regular curfew in the Kashmir Valley has placed a
question mark on India's democratic system, he said, according to
the paper.
The Mufti also said that the respective stands of the Kashmiri
leaders whom the members of the all-parliamentary delegation met
during their recent visit to the Valley must be examined with "an
open heart and in all seriousness".
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