[Reader-list] Scuffle near Hazratbal; Shabir Shah among 14 injured

[Pawan Durani]

Shivam ,

Please visit Pokhribal ...it is near Hari Parbat ....that would be good for
you in long time.

Pawan


On 7/5/08, S. Jabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think you may want to ask why it was necessary to begin a victory rally
> from a religious place and how any of us would have reacted if Advani were
> to embark on another 'victory' rally from Somnath or Ayodhya. These
> so-called victory rallies will only add fuel to the Jammu-Kashmir/
> Hindu-Muslim conflagration.
>
> Hazrat Bal and the Jama Masjid are not neutral sites and have been
> politically charged ever since the 1930s when the Quit Kashmir movement was
> launched against the Maharaja.  What must have started off as an equally
> 'peaceful' gathering turned violent and a man was killed.  That was reason
> enough for mass rioting.  You may be aware of the siege of Hazrat Bal in
> the
> early '90s or for that matter the siege of Charar e-Sharif in '95 or for
> that matter the Golden Temple in the '80s.
>
> The Hurriyat is not unaware that the state cannot risk a religious site
> becoming another site of contestation.  It would try and control what in
> all
> likelihood would turn into yet another communally charged and violent
> event.
> And yet it decided to go ahead.  The stakes are high and I really don't
> think anyone is above using religion to further their political ends.
> --sj
>
>
> On 7/5/08 12:43 PM, "Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्" <mail at shivamvij.com> wrote:
>
> > This is what happens when you prevent people from addressing
> > peaceful
> gatherings...
>
>
> o o o o
>
>
> Scuffle near Hazratbal; Shabir Shah among
> > 14 injured
>
> Special Correspondent, 5 July
> > 2008
> http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/05/stories/2008070559931300.htm
>
> The clash
> > followed prayers to celebrate the "victory" in the land transfer
> > issue
>
>
> SRINAGAR: Senior Hurriyat Conference leader Shabir Shah was among
> > 14
> people injured on Friday, following a scuffle between police and
> supporters
> > of separatist leaders after they offered prayers at the
> Hazratbal shrine to
> > celebrate the recent "victory" in the land
> transfer issue.
>
> The call for
> > "Hazratbal Chalo" was given by Syed Ali Geelani, head of
> a faction of the
> > Hurriyat Conference and supported by Mirwaiz Umar
> Farooq, head of another.
> > However, both were placed under house arrest
> by the police. Mr. Shah and other
> > leaders, however, reached Hazratbal
> amid heavy deployment of police and
> > paramilitary CRPF and offered
> prayers besides addressing the people.
>
> Mr. Shah
> > and Ashraf Sehrai, another senior leader denounced the
> government for putting
> > Mr. Geelani and Mr. Mirwaiz under house arrest.
>
> A protester hurls back a tear
> > smoke shell towards the police.
>
> On their way back, Mr. Shabir Shah, Mr.
> > Sehrai, Naeem Khan, Sheikh
> Aziz, Shafi Reshi, Firdous Shah and others led a
> > strong procession,
> which was lathi-charged.
>
> Fourteen people, including Mr.
> > Shabir Shah, were injured. He was
> shifted to the S.K. Institute of Medical
> > Sciences (SKIMS) for
> treatment.
>
> Even as rumours spread that he was critical,
> > Director SKIMS Abdul
> Hamid Zargar told The Hindu that he was stable. Another
> > procession
> taken from Jamia Masjid and led by the head imam, was dispersed
> > by
> police with smoke shells. Many people were arrested. Another
> > Hurriyat
> leader Javed Mir was arrested when he tried to take out a
> > procession
> towards Hazratbal in Khanyar
> > area.
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