Kashmir is part of Pakistan; no friendship with India unless Kashmiris get their rights: Maulana Masood Azhar MUZAFFARABAD: Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar has said that Kashmir was a part of Pakistan and unless Kashmiri Muslims get their rights, there cannot be any friendship with India. Thousands of people attended a rally organised here by the Jaish-e- Muhammad (JeM). Apparently held as launching ceremony for a book authored by Kashmiri activist Mohammad Afzal Guru, the rally was described by some analysts as a show of strength by the group headed by Maulana Masood Azhar and blamed by India for the 2001 attack on its parliament. Mr Guru — a resident of India-held Kashmir — was convicted for the 2001 attack and sentenced to death by a controversial special Indian court in 2002. He was executed on Feb 9 last year. The rally coincided with India’s Republic Day, which is observed as ‘black day’ on both sides of the Line of Control. Leaders of the group claimed that more than 20,000 people attended the rally. Addressing the rally by phone, Maulana Azhar strongly criticised India for “killing Kashmiri Muslims” and accused the country of carrying out terror activities in Pakistan. Maulana Azhar criticised Gen Musharraf for “making Pakistan a stooge of the United States and offering its resources for the massacre of innocent people of Afghanistan”. He warned India against a “dreaded revenge” for the execution of Mr Guru. He called upon Islamabad to “keep itself away from slaughter of Muslims in Afghanistan and lift restrictions on jihad”. The rally was also addressed by United Jihad Council (UJC) chairman Syed Salahuddin and Maulana Azhar’s younger brother Mufti Abdul Rauf Asghar. Mr Salahuddin recalled repressive measures by Indian military and paramilitary forces in held Kashmir and said jihad was the only way to liberate the occupied territory. #owais
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 14:42:09 +0000
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