Category: Kashmir

Kashmir

Bovine slaughter ban singes Valley

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Geelani, Mirwaiz put under house detention, clashes at several places The reiteration of the beef ban by the J-K High Court in the state is snowballing into a major controversy as the Kashmir valley today witnessed protests, clashes and bovine slaughtering in full public gaze. At many places in the Valley, including Anantnag, Tral and Pulwama, people in an open defiance of the court orders slaughtered bovine animals in full public view. While reiterating an over 150-year-old law banning “voluntarily slaughtering or killing cow or the like animals as being…

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ISIS, Pakistani flags waved in Srinagar amid protests against high court directive to ban beef

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Clashes broke out here on Friday between police and people protesting against the Jammu & Kashmir high court directive to ban beef in the state with some youth displaying Pakistani and ISIS flags. After Friday prayers, a group of masked youth set ablaze the tricolor and displayed several controversial flags including that of ISIS, al-Jehad terror outfits and banners resembling Pakistani flag near the historic Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of downtown Srinagar. They also carried posters of Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar. Some protesters…

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Teachers protest against SDM Sumbal for ‘thrashing’ tutor in official meeting

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Hundreds of teachers today morning as¬sembled in Block Resource Cen¬tre (BRC) here and marched to¬wards Administrative Colony Sumbal to lodge protest against Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Sumbal who on Wednesday al¬legedly thrashed a teacher during a meeting in his office. Protesting teachers were led by State President Jammu and Kash¬mir Employees Joint Consultative Committee (JKEJCC) Abdul Qayoom Wani accompanied by Provisional President Muham¬mad Afzal Bhat and General Secretary Muhammad Rafiq. The incident followed after Chief Minster Mufti Mohammad Say¬eed four days back directed gov¬ernment machinery during Teachers Day celebrations to…

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RSS inroads in Valley challenge for Kashmiris: Dr Zafar-ul-Islam

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President of All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mashawarat, the umbrella body of Muslim organizations in India, Dr Zafar-ul-Islam Khan on Thursday said inroads by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) into the valley is a challenge for Kashmiris and asked people to be cautions of its “nefarious designs and fascist ideology.” “Tougher and challenging times are ahead for Kashmiris and Muslims of India because for the first time RSS is ruling India through its political face BJP and in Kashmir as partner of the government here. Kashmir should be cautious of nefarious designs and…

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1985, When South Kashmir defied Jagmohan’s diktat on meat

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In 1985, the then Governor Jagmohan’s diktat banning sale of meat on Janamastami—a festival of Hindus—triggered a month-long agitation in South Kashmir. The diktat, according to local residents, led to cohesion among various Muslim organizations. During his rule in 1985, Jagmohan ordered ban on sale of all kinds of meat including mutton in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir on Janamashtami allegedly at the behest of right-wing extremist forces. However, the then Mirwaiz South Kashmir and Umat-I-Islami founder, late QaziNisar Ahmad along with Jamiat-I-AhlihadithKhateeb, GhulamRasoolQadri, defied the ban and slaughtered two sheep…

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Leaders call for shutdown on Saturday aganist beef ban

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Strongly reacting to the beef ban order of Jammu and Kashmir High Court, the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik called for a valley-wide shutdown on Saturday. Geelani also appealed people to stage post-Friday prayers’ protests. In a statement issued to GNS, the octogenarian pro-freedom leader termed the Court decision as “politically motivated”. He said that the Jammu and Kashmir is a Muslim Majority state and the court has not taken the “consequences” of its decision into…

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Youths who uploaded militant photos let off after counselling

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Nearly a dozen students, detained by the police for allegedly uploading pictures and videos of militants on social networking sites, have been handed over to their parents after counselling. The youths, mostly in the age group of 16 to 19 were detained in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district earlier this month after the police registered a case under the Unlawful Activities Act at the Awantipora police station against unknown men for uploading videos and photos of militants on social networking sites. “During investigations, we detained nearly a dozen students who were…

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Militants dare security establishment, conduct patrols in Kashmir

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The terrorists took to social media to spread the message of jihad and to persuade the youth to join their movement. These videos surface at a time when Director General-level talks between border security forces of India and Pakistan are being held in Delhi. There have been reports of nearly 300 terrorists belonging to outfits like Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Toiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad waiting for opportunities to sneak into India from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). According to sources, a dossier that was prepared by India to be handed over by National Security Adviser…

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Mufti, Farooq Questioned over aligning with Hindu India

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Muslim Deeni Mahaz (MDM) Chief and illegally detained Hurriyet leader, Dr Muhammad Qasim Fakhtoo, has said that pro-India leaders, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, Dr Farooq Abdullah and Saif-ud-Din Soz are repeating the mistakes of Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah by aligning with India. Dr Muhammad Qasim Fakhtoo in a statement issued in Srinagar asked these leaders to read the Holy Quran carefully and decide whether “They want to be in the Hindu India camp or the resistance camp of the Muslims of Jammu and Kashmir”. “Even today, if they stop supporting the false…

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