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IS has no role to play in Kashmir: Mirwaiz
 [Daily Excelsior] Chairman of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has denounced the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... for "promoting terrorism" in the name of Islam. Farooq, during his recent stay in the national capital, met the Shahi Imam of New Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmad Bukhari, Jamaat Ulama-e-Hind President Moulana Mahmood Ahmad Madani and other Muslims leaders and exchanged views on ISIS and Al-Qaeda, besides Kashmire. After a series of meetings, the Mirwaiz said in a statement: "Groups like ISIS, who are promoting terrorism in the name of Islam, in reality have no regard for Islamic teachings and values. These people are just maligning the great religion for their own personal benefits." He said, "Islam and terrorism are two opposite poles as the great religion of Islam is meant for the welfare of the entire humanity." The Mirwaiz's statement followed a recent interview of self-styled 'Wali', which in Arabic means custodian or protector, of Khurasan, Shaykh Haridh Said, in 'Dabiq' magazine, a mouthpiece of ISIS, in which he criticised Pakistain and terror outfit LeT. In his criticism of Pakistain and LeT, he said, "The apostate factions and agents of Pakistain, such as Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... , do not have control over any territory in the regions of Kashmire because they proceed in accordance with the orders of the Pak intelligence as they are the ones who direct their work, pushing them forward when they wish and pulling them back when they wish. "They also conceal their work when they wish, depending on the local and global atmosphere and based on personal material interests, without any consideration for the interests of the Muslims in Kashmire," he had said. The self-styled Wali said there are specific arrangements and the Muslims will soon hear "pleasant news" about the expansion of Caliphate to those lands. The Mirwaiz rejected suggestions that ISIS or Al-Qaeda had any role to play in Kashmire and said any such attempts were made only to malign the movement in the State. "Kashmiris want an amicable solution to the problem and that can be possible if India and Pakistain come together and take into confidence the people of the State," he said. Noting that the struggle of the Kashmiri people is peaceful and political, based on principle of truth and justice, he said "Kashmire's resistance movement has no link with Daesh [Islamic State] (ISIS) or Al Qaeda". Hardliner separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani had also rejected the claims of ISIS, saying the chances of global terror outfit expanding its operations to Kashmire were "next to zero". He had questioned the credentials of the group, saying "If it had any planning and sincerity, they would have liberated the Al Aqsa mosque in West Asia." Posted by: Fred 2016-02-15 |
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