Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 3 : Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), an amalgam of different religious organizations of Kashmir, today said that it will write to J&K’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and seek the release of chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and all the political prisoners under detention since August 5, 2019.
The MMU also said that it will launch a sustained campaign to plug the growing incidents of suicides and drugs abuse among youth in once conservative Valley.
Addressing a joint press conference here after hectic deliberations in Srinagar, senior MMU member and J&K’s Grand Mufti Nasir ul Islam said that in the meeting the MMU members deliberated on the serious issues of growing number of suicides and the unabated drug abuse in the Valley.
“We have decided to come into the field and to launch a serious and sustained campaign to plug both issues. Suicides are a concern and shouldn’t take place and similarly, drug abuse is a big issue and it is consuming our young generation,” Mufti Nasir said.
He said that if any Imam or cleric is found involved in playing any sort of mischief by means of misleading youth or creating an atmosphere of fear among girls to push them towards drug abuse and suicides, action will follow.
Mufti Nasir, who chaired the MMU meet, said that the MMU also decided to demand vociferously the release of its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who is under house detention since August 5, 2019. Meanwhile, the MMU said it urges the authorities that Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Dargah Hazratbal and other central religious places should now be allowed to be open for Friday prayers , in view of the considerable decline in Covid -19 cases.
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