Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 6: Prominent Hurriyat leaders today said that they are ready to welcome the tourists and yatris to Kashmir valley as from centuries Kashmiris have been safeguarding and providing exemplary hospitality as has been taught by the religion.
In a joint statement, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Muhammad Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik said, “the tourists and yatris ready to visit Kashmir valley are welcome”, adding “our religion (Islam) and the prophet of Islam (SAW) have taught us to be kind with our guests and serve them and safeguard their rights at every cost”.
“This is also embedded in our Kashmiri culture and ethics and that is why our hospitality has been exemplary throughout the history”, they said, adding “millions of tourists from the world including India have been visiting Kashmir from centuries and enjoying the beauty of this paradise on earth and also the unparallel hospitality of its people”.
They said that in 2008 when “chauvinist forces” blocked life saving drugs and baby-food to Kashmir, Kashmiris as a nation replied that tyranny with exemplary hospitality to Yatris and tourists who were in Kashmir at that time.
“We not only safeguarded them and provided shelter but also served them and kept the doors of our homes and localities open for them”, they said, adding “same was done during devastating floods of 2014 when we as a nation were shattered but looked after our guests with passion and zeal”.
Welcoming everyone intending to visit Kashmir whole heartedly and warmly, they said that everyone from the world including India is most welcome to Kashmir. “We invite them to come to Kashmir and enjoy our hospitality and the beauty of paradise on earth”, they added.
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