Indian police disallow interfaith harmony conference in Jammu
Jammu: The Indian police, today, foiled an interfaith harmony conference scheduled to be organized at Press Club in Jammu, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the conference was being organized by the United Peace Alliance, an association of several socio-political organizations, in connection with the interfaith harmony week observed by the United Nations’ from 1st to the 7th February every year.
Apart from the prominent scholars of different faiths, the interfaith conference was to be attended by a large number of socio-political activists. The noted religious scholars who were specially invited to deliver their sermons to promote love and peace in the society included Baba Kandeshwariji Maharaj (Sanatan), Moulana Habib-ur-Rehman (Islam), Sardar Surjit Singh (Sikhism), Father Vijay Kumar (Chiristainity), Ven Lobzang Lama (Buddhism) and Prabodh Jaini (Jainism).
Yesterday, a day before the conference police called organizers of the conference, ID Khajuria, Mir Shahid Saleem Narender Singh Khalsa and Sunny Kant Chib to the local police stations and asked them to call off the event as there were strict instructions from the higher ups not to allow the proposed conference.
The organizers were aghast that why such an event aimed at promoting love and peace was not allowed by the LG administration which claims everything was normal in Jammu and Kashmir.
Condemning the police action, the organizers said it was the worst kind of dictatorship where even an interfaith harmony meeting could not be allowed.
