Mehbooba condemns al-Qaeda risk

By PTI

SRINAGAR: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday condemned the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda’s risk to India over the remarks towards Prophet Mohammad by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, and mentioned Muslims can’t tolerate any disrespect to the Prophet.

“I condemn threats of every sort, be it by al-Qaeda or some other organisation. But it is true that there is anger in the whole Muslim community because of the comments by the BJP spokesperson. They (Muslims) are in pain as we can tolerate anything but we cannot tolerate any inappropriate remarks against the Prophet,” Mehbooba informed reporters right here.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister mentioned so far as the al-Qaeda risk was involved, “I fear that it will give another excuse to the BJP to push its narrative that the Hindus are in danger. So, it should be condemned.” She mentioned the BJP ought to have taken motion towards its spokesperson earlier by respecting the feelings of the individuals of the nation.

“But they (BJP) became conscious only after the Muslim countries condemned it,” she mentioned. “Indians working outside are respected a lot by the people there as they think they are from a secular country, where every religion is respected. So, when such signals go out from our country, it lowers the prestige of the country,” she mentioned.

Asked a few lesser variety of devotees on the annual Kheer Bhawani competition, Mehbooba mentioned it was due to the worry among the many Kashmiri Pandit neighborhood after the latest killings.

“At a time when there is an atmosphere of fear, it is expected that a lesser number of people will visit the temple. But I am hopeful that the situation will not remain like this and God willing, they will come in thousands next year like they used to before,” she mentioned. She alleged that the Centre was not permitting regular political actions in Kashmir Valley.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal staged a protest in favour of Kashmir Pandits and towards their killings within the nationwide capital, however the political events within the valley weren’t allowed to take action.

Asked about National Conference president Farooq Abdullah’s remarks that the occasion will contest the election from Surankote by itself, Mehbooba mentioned the individuals of Jammu and Kashmir need the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration — of which each the NC and the PDP are a component — to battle unitedly.

“What Farooq sahib has said, I cannot comment on that. But I believe that the people of J-K want that we all stand united as we are facing a huge challenge. Elections or otherwise, if we are not united, then there are people who are on the verge of erasing our existence. So it is important that we are united,” she mentioned.