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Expressing concern over the proposed Waqf amendments, All Parties Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that the Muttahida Majlis-E-Ulema – a conglomerate of religious organisations representing the Muslim community in J&K – has sought an urgent meeting with Jagdambika Pal, the chairman of the joint committee of Parliament (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, to discuss the matter.
Addressing the Friday congregation at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz said the issue of the Waqf amendments was worrying for Muslims.
He also brought up the issue of the recent violence in Sambhal. “As you are aware, five Muslim youths were killed in police firing during the survey of the 500-year-old Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. The survey was ordered by the court. The killing of these youths in discriminatory police action is very distressing and condemnable,” he said.
He also mentioned the Ajmer court order on the survey of the iconic Ajmer Sharif Dargah. “Before that, the Gyanvapi mosque was being surveyed under court orders. There seems to be a deliberate pattern where first, doubts are raised, then the court orders surveys, and then majority claims have to be satisfied,” he said.
He said that such actions “backed by the judiciary and government, deeply undermine the religious sentiments of crores of Muslims” living in this part of the world.
He also criticised the actions of the police who allegedly barred the entry of media persons into Jamia Masjid.
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