Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has issued a robust warning to the federal government, stating that if the continued conspiracy to weaken Muslim establishments and goal Muslim shrines by means of courtroom orders shouldn’t be halted, there will probably be extreme penalties. He emphasised that the federal government of India would bear full accountability for any potential backlash.
Mirwaiz referred to the current incident in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, the place 5 Muslim youths have been killed in police firing throughout a court-ordered survey of the 500-year-old Shahi Jama Masjid. He condemned the discriminatory police motion as each distressing and unacceptable.
Following this, a courtroom in Rajasthan’s Ajmer ordered a survey of the long-lasting Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the shrine of the revered Sufi saint Hazrat Moinuddin Chisti (Rah). This got here after the continued court-ordered survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque. Mirwaiz highlighted a worrying sample the place courts first elevate doubts, order surveys, after which fulfill majority claims. He referenced the Babri Masjid case, whose final result and demolition nonetheless deeply resonate inside the Muslim neighborhood.
The Mirwaiz pressured that such actions, backed by each the judiciary and the federal government, deeply undermine the non secular sentiments of thousands and thousands of Muslims, not solely in India and Kashmir however internationally. He particularly pointed to the importance of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, which holds historic, cultural, and spiritual g for Muslims worldwide, notably these from Kashmir.
“If India is really a secular state, as acknowledged in its Structure, which incorporates the Locations of Worship Act, why are these points being constantly raised and entertained?” he questioned. He additional warned that this harmful development might have severe penalties, and the federal government should take motion to stop it.
The MMU has formally written to the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) requesting a gathering on this matter.
Lastly, Mirwaiz criticized the police for obstructing media protection of his speech at Jama Masjid by stopping journalists from coming into the mosque. He pressured that the media have to be allowed to report freely on problems with public curiosity, and the federal government mustn’t harass journalists on this regard.
