Withdraw narcotic jihad assertion: Muslim teams to Pala bishop

By Express News Service

KOZHIKODE: Muslim organisations have requested Pala Bishop Mar Joseph Kallarangatt to withdraw his controversial assertion on ‘narcotic jihad.’ After a gathering attended by the representatives of assorted organisations right here on Wednesday, IUML chief Panakkad Syed Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal advised reporters that the unanimous feeling was that the Bishop ought to withdraw his feedback to forestall recurrence of such remarks from any quarter sooner or later. 

“Kerala is known for its communal amity and we should preserve it. No religious leader should make any immature comment,” he mentioned. Thangal added the federal government mustn’t stay a mute spectator when such issues occur. 

‘Bishop’s remarks have been ‘warnings’ in opposition to sure anti-social actions’Kochi: Syro-Malabar Church got here up with an announcement on Wednesday justifying the remarks on ‘narcotic jihad’ made by Pala Bishop Joseph Mar Kallarangatt. In the assertion, the Church mentioned that the remarks weren’t in opposition to any specific faith or group however have been ‘warnings’ in opposition to sure anti-social actions. The Church termed the controversies that erupted over the ‘narcotic jihad’ remarks presently as ‘unfortunate’.  “’Narco jihad’ was a term that was used in the thesis that was published by ‘European Foundation for South Asian Studies’ in 2017, relating to the narcotics sale in Afghanistan. The thesis states that terrorist organisations are involved in the sale of narcotics based on factual evidence,” it mentioned. 

Satheesan asks CM to come back clear on ‘narcotic jihad’ rowT’Puram: A day after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan mentioned Pala Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt shouldn’t have made the ‘narcotic jihad’ comment, Opposition chief V D Satheesan on Wednesday requested the CM to come back clear on the problem.  Satheesan, whereas chatting with reporters after inaugurating INTUC’s dharna in entrance of the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission workplace right here, puzzled why the CM commented on the controversy after Cooperation Minister V N Vasavan had termed it a ‘closed chapter’. He was referring to Vasavan’s feedback after the latter referred to as on the bishop on the Bishop House.