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Mirwaiz Umer condemns efforts to trigger sectarian strife
Friday April 27, 2012 10:29:00 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: Mirwaiz
Umer Farooq, chairman of the moderate Hurriyat group, Friday said
his group would oppose and expose religious institutions being
supported by the government to create sectarian strife among the
Muslims in Kashmir.
Condemning the alleged machinations to trigger sectarian conflict,
Mirwaiz Umer told a Friday prayer congregation here: "We will
oppose all efforts aimed at fanning division of the Kashmiri
Muslims on sectarian lines. If need be, we will expose the
elements and institutions patronised by the government for this
purpose".
Mirwaiz asked the government "to rein in such elements who in the
garb of developmental activities are actually involved in fanning
the divide".
"Elements inimical to our movement have put on Kashmir-friendly
masks in order to divide us on sectarian lines to harm the ongoing
struggle for which we have given huge sacrifices during the past
two decades," he said.
"The government has activated institutions and its paid agents to
create conditions for a sectarian conflict in the Valley through
the medium of construction of mosques, shrines and religious
schools.
"The government has even employed a section of the paid clergy to
divide the Muslims here and promote a particular school of
thought," he alleged
Recent media reports had said that some government agencies were
allegedly funding the construction of the shrines and mosques in
the Valley to trigger a sectarian conflict.
Early this month a Muslim preacher belonging to the Barelvi sect
was shot at and injured in the Batmaloo area of the city by
unknown assailants.
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