SRINAGAR — Mutahida Majlis -e-Ulema (MMU), the representative amalgam of religious social and educational organisations of Kashmir, Friday expressed strong resentment over the repeated closure of Jama Masjid Srinagar by the authorities barring the Muslims from offering Friday prayers for the second consecutive week.
People, especially elders, women and youth from far and wide come to this historic mosque; and finding the masjid repeatedly locked down by authorities causes then a lot of grief said, adding that its head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Molvi Umar Farooq, is also kept under continuous house arrest, and not allowed to deliver sermon at the mosque, a statement said.
MMU also resented the decision of the authorities to close down Falah-e-Aam educational institutions across the valley. MMU said that for years schools run by the trust are providing education to Kashmiri children and is a source of employment to thousands of people working there. By deciding to close down them, authorities have jeopardised the interests of both the students and the staff.
MMU said that many of its member constituents are running schools and other such institutions for decades as part of our milieu, which besides imparting modern education also imparts moral and religious education to children. MMU asks the authorities to take back this discriminatory decision and let the institutions run as before.
Meanwhile MMU has also demands the release of its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who is under continuous house detention since August 2019
Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema comprises Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar, Darul Uloom Rahimiya Bandipora, Grand Mufti’s Muslim Personal Law Board, Anjuman-e-Shari’a Shian, Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith, Jama’at-e-Islami, Karavaan-e-Islami, Ittehad-e-Muslimeen, Anjuman-e-Himaat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Tabligh-ul-Islam, Jamiat-e-Hamdaniya, Anjuman Ulema-e-Ahnaf, Dar-ul-Uloom Qasmia, Dar-ul-Uloom Bilalia, Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Mazhar-ul-Haq, Jamiat Aima Wa Ulema, Anjuman Aima Wa Mashaaikh Kashmir, Darul Uloom Naqshbandia, Darul Uloom Rasheediyah, Ahlul Bayt Foundation, Madrasa Kanz-ul-Uloom, Peerwan-e-Wilayat, Auqaf Islamia Khurram Sirhama, Bazm-e-Tawheed Ahle Hadith Trust, Anjuman Tanzeem Al Makatib, Muhammadi Trust, Anjuman Anwar-ul-Islam, Karavaan-e-Khatam-e-Nabuwat, Darul Uloom Syed Al-Mursalin, Anjuman Ulema Wa Aima Masaajid, Falah Daarein Trust Islamabad and others. — (KNO)