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ISLAMABAD, (APP): The Chairman of Hurriyet forum,
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in Indian held Kashmir, has said that
desecration of religious places, especially Srinagar’s Jamia
Masjid, by Indian forces are deliberate attempts to hurt people’s
sentiments and demoralize them.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement issued on the occasion of
the completion of 27th years to the infamous `Operation Jamia
Masjid’ said that the historic mosque was the most powerful symbol
of Kashmiri resistance, earlier against Dogra rule and after 1947
against the Indian occupation,reported Kashmir Media Service.
“From its pulpit, the voice for justice and fulfillment of
people’s political will and aspirations has always been raised,
even in the harshest of circumstances. That is why it is the most
targeted by the authorities,” he said.
“Twenty seven years ago, the troops desecrated Jamia Masjid
to try to silence Shaheed-e-Millat Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq,
just like they had attempted earlier in 1965 but had failed even
then. A bold and fearless leader like the late Mirwaiz Molvi
Muhammad Farooq could not be cowed down by such tactics,” he said.
Since then, he said, the desecration of religious places had
continued, including of Dargah Hazratbal, Charar-e-Sharief,
Khanqah-e-Faiz Panah Tral, Dastgeer Sahab, and now even religious
places of Sikhs were being desecrated.
The Mirwaiz also appealed to the people to follow in letter
and spirit the programme given by the resistance leaders to
protest against the ongoing killing spree unleashed by Indian
forces’ personnel in the Kashmir Valley.