[Reader-list] Uttar Pradesh cleric calls for independence in Jammu and Kashmir

[Pawan Durani]

Wish some muslims from UP and elsewhere condemn this....

http://www.risingkashmir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23230&Itemid=1

A grand religious scholar of India, Mufti Muhammad Ayoub here Sunday
said Muslims in Jammu Kashmir were justified demanding freedom from
India.


Ayoub termed Kashmir’s freedom struggle a “right choice of the people”.

Ayoub, an authority on Hadith, is here to participate in a one-day
Muslim Conference organised by Jamia Razvia Ashrafia in Rajouri.

He said people of Jammu Kashmir were on the right path while demanding
freedom from India. “Demanding freedom is not a sin. It’s good
thinking of the people of the State.”

However, he said the idea of accession of Kashmir to Pakistan would be
a “big blunder”. “People should not think over it. Pakistan cannot do
justice with Kashmir as they are not doing justice with their own
people,” he said. “Demanding freedom is a good proposal as there is
injustice with the people of this State.”

Ayoub said Muslims in India live like orphans. “Until Indian Muslims
unite and form their own political outfit, their future will remain
bleak.”

He called crores of Indian Muslims to wake up from their “deep
slumber” and constitute a political outfit to lead Indian Muslims.

“Though Congress is showing interest in Muslims, we’ve to unite and
form our own political party,” he said.

Terming Indian Muslims no less than orphans, Ayoub said Muslims must
support Muslim League, the party which has a member in the parliament.

“I personally desire to support Muslim League,” he said. “Muslims
cannot nourish in the present Indian environment. We’ve to come
forward and constitute our own outfit.”

Terming the mushrooming of Muslim sects as a conspiracy against Islam,
Ayoub said Islam is a religion of peace, unity and brotherhood and
Ummah should not indulge in making sections in Islam. “If we recite
one Kalima, we’re one.”

Rejecting the Unified Civil Law proposal, he said: “No power in India
can change Muslim Personal Law.”

He said: “We reject unified civil law proposal and we’ll continue to
follow our personal law.”

On the need of modern education in the Madarsas, Ayoub said Indian
Muslim should not run away from technology. “Nobody is against
technology. We’ve decided to start science, technology and computer
education in Madarsas and already initiated various such projects in
Uttar Pradesh.”