By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, March 15 alleged security forces of intervening in the religious affairs of Kashmiri Muslims in various places throughout the valley particularly in South Kashmir.
Expressing anguish and resentment, JeI said organisers of the religious congregations are called to the army camps and intimidated and harassed without any justification and reasonable cause just to forcibly restrain them from these rightful activities.
“Some of them are even beaten for organising such religious gatherings,” the spokesperson said. “At some places the Imams and preachers of Masjids are forced to attend the camps for reporting the religious activities going on in the mosques and even asked to prepare audio/video recording of their speeches and send the same to the camps which is not acceptable at all being the worst form of violating the religious freedom guaranteed under the United Nations Charter of fundamental human rights and the constitution of India too.”
JeI alleged security force personnel of violating the constitution and law. “Muslims can at no cost give up practicing, professing and preaching Islam, which is more precious to them than their life and petty world interests.”
JeI further clarified that in these seminaries and congregations, the people are reminded their moral and social responsibilities and motivated to do the righteous deeds and refrain from the vicious ones so as to be the torch bearers of the truth and justice.
“This pious practice is beneficial for the entire humanity. Anybody creating hurdles in such God-fearing and humanitarian activities cannot be termed as the well-wisher of humanity,” the spokesperson said.
Jama’at has asked human rights organizations to take serious notice of the matter and use their influence to get it stopped. “It is a blatant misuse and abuse of military power which in no civilised and democratic nation is justified,” it said.