Asia Times online: By Sudha Ramachandran
BANGALORE – Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Mohammed Bashir-ud-din is stirring the communal and sectarian cauldron in the valley again. Barely four months after he issued a fatwa targeting Christians in the state, the cleric has the Ahmadiyyas in his crosshairs.
He has called on the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) State Assembly to pass legislation declaring the Ahmadiyyas – an Islamic reformist movement founded in British India – non-Muslim.
The decision to press this demand was made by religious leaders of the J&K Muslim Personal Law Board at a meeting convened by Bashir-ud-din a week ago. Ahmadiyyas are declared non-Muslims in other countries “and they should be declared as non-Muslims here as well,” a statement issued by the Grand Mufti said. Referring to the “increasing activities” of the Ahmadiyyas in
Kashmir, it said that declaring them non-Muslim would address the “grievance of all the people.”
The Ahmadiyyas are a small minority, perhaps just a few hundred strong, in the Sunni Muslim-dominated Valley. Given the extreme discrimination they have suffered across South Asia, Bashir-ud-din’s call is likely to stir deep anxiety among the community in Kashmir.
In January this year, the grand mufti issued a fatwa calling for expulsion of three Christian priests from the state for allegedly “luring” the valley’s Muslims to Christianity through “baits and inducements”.
This so-called mufti wants to incur the wrath of Allah. Soon, he should watch out meet his disaster ahead.
Mufti wants to follow other countries and want to be slave of money. Today’s Muftis are working for the sake of money, not for Allah. Who has given rights to these muftis to call ahmadi muslims to be non-muslim.? Shame on these people. They always seek violence, therefore they are still not able to solve J&R issue and unable to protect muslims.. Shame on these people. May Allah kill them or give them ritht instructions. If we study about Islam on our own then we really hate or step away from these misleading muftis.