[Reader-list] Muslim group condemns OIC for appointing envoy in Kashmir

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

Muslim group condemns OIC for appointing envoy in KashmirLink -
http://twocircles.net/2009oct05/muslim_group_condemns_oic_appointing_envoy_kashmir.html

*By Mumtaz Alam Falahi, TwoCircles.net,*

New Delhi: All India Muslim Unity Front staged a demonstration in New Delhi
today to protest the move of the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) to
appoint a special envoy in Jammu and Kashmir. While terming the move as
“blatant interference in the internal affairs of India”, the Front condemned
OIC and suggested it “to take care of Muslims in other parts of the world
like Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan where they are in worse condition.”

The protestors were shouting slogans against OIC and reiterating that
Kashmir is an integral part of India. “Down with OIC,” “Stop meddling in the
internal affairs of India” and “Kashmir is our integral part” were some of
the slogans. They were holding placards with anti-OIC slogans.

Talking to TwoCircles.net Muhammad Yunus Siddiqi, president, All India
Muslim Minority Front, said “OIC was established for welfare of Muslims.
Besides India, Muslims are facing problems in other countries also like
Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine. They are also facing problems in Europe.
OIC should take care of Muslims in those places. Muslims in India are living
peacefully.”

“Kashmir is our issue. OIC must not take interest in it. Kashmir is an
integral part of India,” said Siddiqi. He said he has appealed to OIC to
take care of Muslim refugees in Palestine, Afghanistan and Lebanon. They
should ask for withdrawal of foreign armies from Iraq.

Addressing the gathering Subhash Chowdhary, chairman, Non-Aligned Students
and Youth Movement (NASYM), co-organizer of the demonstration, accused OIC
for adopting double standards while raking up the Kashmir issue time and
again. “Why is OIC silent on the decades old repression of the great Baloch
people by the Pakistan army and their demand for an independent sovereign
state?” he asked.

The NASYM chairman said if OIC was “so concerned about the oppression of
different Muslim groups, what role it has played to mitigate the oppression
of the Kurd people. The parameter of oppressions can only be gauged by the
influx of refugees. The OIC must tell the world what it has done for
millions of Palestinian people who have become stateless and live life of a
refugee in several countries. Millions of Kurd people, Afghans and also
Iraqi people are refugees in several nations but Kashmir does not have any
such problem.”