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Criticism of fatwa on priests 'unfortunate': Kashmir Mufti
Thursday February 02, 2012 09:23:16 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar: While not
naming separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, Kashmir's grand Mufti
Thursday said it was "unfortunate and intriguing" that some
Muslims had criticised the fatwa seeking expulsion of four
Christian priests from Jammu and Kashmir.
A statement issued here by the deputy grand Mufti on the Mufti's
behalf Thursday said, "I am not surprised by what is being
published by some reporters of the Indian media because of their
prejudice and proclivities".
In an oblique reference to Geelani who said seeking the expulsion
of the priests was not the solution, the statement said, "What is
unfortunate and intriguing is that such statements have come from
those members of the society who profess Islam as their faith".
Geelani had asserted that the local missionary schools had
rendered great service in the field of education in Kashmir.
But the Mufti's statement said, "There is no ban on the
functioning of the missionary schools which have contributed a lot
in the spread of education in the state. It is only the
wrong-doers who have been identified for action."
The local Sharia court last month issued a decree seeking the
expulsion from the state of four Christian priests who were
allegedly involved in the conversion of some local youths through
financial allurements.
Despite the hardline posturing by the local Sharia court, what is
encouraging is the fatwa has not evoked any public sentiment that
could antagonise relations between members of the two communities
in the valley.
Thousands of local Muslim children pursue their education in the
four prominent Christian missionary schools in Kashmir.
One of the pioneers among these, the CMS Tyndale Biscoe Memorial
School in Srinagar has over a century-old history of rendering
Yeoman Service in the field of education here.
In fact, the autocratic government of the then Dogra Maharaja was
prompted to start school education in Srinagar city in the 19th
century only after the founder of the Christian missionary school
started enrolment here in 1880.
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