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Kashmiri cleric on hunger strike over liquor shop
A prominent Muslim cleric in Indian-held Kashmir has gone on a hunger strike to force authorities to close down the only liquor shop in the south of the state, officials said on Thursday. Qazi Ahmed Yasir, the head cleric in Anantnag district, has vowed not to eat until authorities shut the recently opened shop in neighbouring Khanabal area. He has been joined by some half-a-dozen aides, a police officer said. Muslims closed down liquor shops, beauty parlours and cinemas in Kashmir in 1990. Only one liquor shop is operational in Srinagar, but in a high security zone.Posted by: Fred 2007-04-20 |
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