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Kashmiri Muslim leader under house arrest ahead of talk
[AA.TR] The spiritual leader of Kashmire’s Moslem majority was sent to his room Wednesday as he was due to address a seminar.Umar Farooq, who as the mirwaiz of Kashmire leads around 6 million Moslems, had been due to speak during a week of events to mark the deaths of people killed in the conflict between Kashmiri separatists and Indian security forces. He told Anadolu Agency that it was the 42nd time he had been put under house arrest since fresh violence broke out last year. "Every opportunity we have to talk to people, the Indian government scuttles it," he said. "This was not even a public rally but an indoor seminar. But the Indian government is so scared because they know that any occasion can turn into an anti-India event." Farooq, who is chairman of the Hurriyat forum, had been due to talk at a one-day seminar Resolution of Kashmire Issue -- Prelude to Peace, Guarantee to Stability. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-18 |
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