Srinagar: The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), which includes all the heads of religious sects and educational institutions of Jammu and Kashmir and led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has expressed serious concern over a viral video on social media sent to them also, in which a group of outsiders are openly drinking alcohol on a shikara in the Dal Lake of Srinagar, Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the MMU in a statement in Srinagar said, “The people of Kashmir are hospitable and respect tourists visiting the valley as guests. However, such un-Islamic and unethical practices will not be tolerated in the Muslim-majority valley which is the land of saints and Sufi’s.”
It appealed to hotel owners, houseboat owners and Shikara operators to keep an eye on such wrong doings and totally stay away from indulging in this of un-Islamic and immoral practice for profit . It also appealed to the tourists to respect the moral and religious ethos of Kashmir.
Meanwhile, the United Council of Scholars of Jammu and Kashmir reiterated its demand for the immediate arrest and appropriate punishment of the student involved in the blasphemy against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) at GMC, Srinagar, despite the police having registered an FIR.
It is noteworthy that the Council includes the following organizations: Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, Darul Uloom Raheemiya Bandipora, Mufti Azam’s Muslim Personal Law Board, Anjuman Shari Shian, Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith, Karwan-e-Islami, Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen, Anjuman Himayat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Tabligh-ul-Islam, Jamiat Hamdania, Anjuman Ulema-e-Ahnaf, Darul Uloom Qasmiya, Darul Uloom Bilaliya, Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Mazhar-ul-Haq, Jamiat-ul-Aimma wal Ulema, Anjuman Aimma wa Mashaikh Kashmir, Darul Uloom Naqshbandiya, Darul Uloom Rashidiya, Ahl-e-Bait Foundation, Madrasa Kanz-ul-Uloom, Pirwan-e-Wilayat, Auqaf Islamia Khiram Sirhama, Bazm-e-Tauheed Ahl-e-Hadith Trust, Anjuman Tanzeem-ul-Makatib, Muhammadi Yateem Trust, Anjuman Anwar-ul-Islam, Karwan Khatm-e-Nabuwat, Darul Uloom Syed-ul-Mursaleen, Anjuman Ulema wa Aimma Masajid, Falah Darain Trust Welfare Society Islamabad, Ashraf-ul-Uloom Hyderpora, Darul Uloom Dawoodiya Batamaloo, Darul Uloom Imdadia Natipora, Darul Uloom Jamia-tur-Rashad Awantipora, Darul Uloom Saut-ul-Quran Gulshan Abad Srinagar, and other contemporary religious, national, social, and educational organisations.
