{"id":14068,"date":"2019-01-02T16:39:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T11:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=14068"},"modified":"2019-01-02T16:39:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T11:09:16","slug":"kashmiri-separatists-to-take-on-islamic-state-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=14068","title":{"rendered":"Kashmiri separatists to take on Islamic State supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Srinagar:<\/i><\/strong> Condemn attempt to unfurl IS flag at Srinagar\u2019s Jamia Masjid, calling it a ploy against the entire leadership<\/i><\/p>\n

Separatists under the umbrella Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) plan to confront Islamic State (IS) supporters on Friday by holding a protest against the unfurling of an IS flag at the pulpit of the Jamia Masjid here last week.<\/i><\/p>\n

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the Valley\u2019s head priest whose family traditionally delivers a sermon from the pulpit every Friday, on Monday registered a protest against the move \u201cto usurp\u201d the politically significant pulpit. He met JRL leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Yasin Malik to rally their support against the act.<\/i><\/p>\n

During the meeting of the Awami Action Committee, chaired by the Mirwaiz, the attempt by the alleged IS supporters was termed as a \u201cviolation of the pulpit by a bunch of goons\u201d. The Mirwaiz, sources said, described the act as \u201ca ploy\u201d against the entire separatist leadership.<\/i><\/p>\n

He is reported to have asserted at the meeting that the pulpit represented the religious identity, social and political aspirations of the people of Kashmir for the past many decades and that it would continue to do so, no matter how many conspiracies were hatched by \u201cmiscreants backed by security agencies\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n

Joint protest<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mirwaiz, who will chair another meeting on Wednesday, called for a joint protest on January 4, and described the coming Friday as Youm-e-Taqadus (Day of Consecration).<\/i><\/p>\n

Supporting the Mirwaiz, Hurriyat faction chairman Mr. Geelani and JKLF chief Mr. Malik said, \u201cThese mischievous actions cannot be tolerated and people should be cautious and conscious about such disrespectful events.\u201d All three plan to offer prayers together.<\/i><\/p>\n

The Jamaat-e-Islami and traders\u2019 bodies including the Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) condemned the masked men\u2019s bid to unfurl the IS flag at the pulpit.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe mosque is our pride,\u201d said KEA chairman Yasin Khan. \u201cThe desecration wouldn\u2019t be tolerated. There\u2019s a need to come up with a collective strategy to foil such nefarious designs,\u201d he added.<\/i><\/p>\n

According to the police, it had killed at least 10 IS recruits, who switched sides from the Hizbul Mujahideen or Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen in 2018.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe IS ranks are negligible and its limited influence was confined to urban pockets, especially Srinagar and Pulwama,\u201d said a senior police official, speaking on condition of anonymity. \u201cIt did influence educated and Internet-hooked youth like Esa Fazili through online literature and videos,\u201d he added.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a9 The Hindu<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Srinagar: Condemn attempt to unfurl IS flag at Srinagar\u2019s Jamia Masjid, calling it a ploy against the entire leadership Separatists under the umbrella Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) plan to confront Islamic State (IS) supporters on Friday by holding a protest against the unfurling of an IS flag at the pulpit of the Jamia Masjid here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}