Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
SRINAGAR: Citing “public sentiments”, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have denied permission to Ahmadiyya sect of the Muslim community to hold a peace meeting in Srinagar.
“Ahmadiyya Jama’at through Muhammad Ibrahim Shah, Ameer Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Srinagar, had applied for holding a peace symposium at SKICC Srinagar in the last week of September. But the same was denied in view of public sentiments,” an official spokesman said.
He said Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Peerzada Mushtaq Ahmad termed the rumours spread by some people that government was considering granting permission to Ahmadiyya Jama’at for holding a peace symposium here as false.
In several Islamic countries, including Pakistan, the Ahmadiyyas are referred to as non-Muslim or heretics. Members of the sect are attacked in several countries regularly.
| JK Govt. denies permission to Ahmadiyyas to hold peace symposium in Srinagar |
 Srinagar, October 9 (Scoop News)-J&K government have denied permission to Ahmadiyya sect of the Muslim community to hold a peace symposium in Srinagar.
“Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Peerzada Mushtaq Ahmad has termed the rumours spread by some people that government was considering granting of permission to Ahmadiyya Jama’at for holding a peace symposium at Srinagar false,”an official spokesman said here today. The Deputy Commissioner said that Ahmadiyya Jama’at through Muhammad Ibrahim Shah, Ameer Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at Srinagarhad applied for holding a peace symposium at SKICC Srinagar in the last week of September 2015 but the same was denied in view of public sentiments. It may be mentioned here that Jammu and Kashmir Muttaheda Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) on Tuesday said the proposed seminar of Ahmedias (Qadyanis) at Srinagar on Saturday would arouse passions and disturb the region’s environment of religious tolerance. They said Qadyanis were known to deny the finality of Prophet Muhammad and thus are not considered to be Muslims or following the tenants of Islam. A spokesman said the proposed seminar of the Ahmedias at SKICC in Srinagar, the summer capital, was aimed at spreading the base of Qadyanis or Mirzais in Kashmir and would end up in disturbing an environment of religious tolerance in the region. The spokesman said the activities of Ahmedias were a matter of grave concern and if permission was granted to allow such a seminar, it would arouse religious passions and be instrumental in disturbing peace. The spokesman said no organization or individual would be permitted to disrespect Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and that giving permission to the proposed seminar of Qadyanis on October 10, 2015 at SKICC was like playing with the fire…. |
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