A complete shutdown will be observed in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir today (Friday) against the posting of a blasphemous video about Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by an Indian student studying in an institute in Srinagar.
According to Kashmir Media Service, call for the shutdown has been given by All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and supported by United (Muttihida) Jihad Council. The shutdown is also aimed at protesting against illegal arrests, booking of seven Kashmiri students under a draconian law, dismissal of Kashmiri government employees and confiscation of properties of people.
The APHC in a statement urged the people of the occupied territory to make the strike a success. It also asked them to hold protest demonstrations on Friday against the posting of blasphemous video by the non-Kashmiri Hindu student.
It is to be mentioned here that the students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Hazratbal area of Srinagar held a massive demonstration on Tuesday after an Indian student studying at the institute posted a derogatory video clip on social media about the Holy Prophet (PBUH). Earlier on Monday, the Indian police booked seven students of the Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Ganderbal district of occupied Kashmir under black law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for celebrating Australia’s win against India in the World Cup final. Also, while continuing the arrest spree, the occupation authorities are terminating the Kashmiri government employees and confiscating the properties of the people to punish them for their affiliation with the ongoing freedom movement.
Posters pasted by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar and other areas of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have asked people to observe shutdown across the territory, tomorrow (Friday).
According to Kashmir Media Service, the shutdown is meant to protest against the posting of a blasphemous video by a non-Kashmiri Hindu student of National Institute of National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, about Prophet Muhammad (SAW).
It is also aimed at protesting against illegal arrests, booking of seven Kashmiri students under a draconian law, dismissal of Kashmiri government employees and confiscation of properties of people in the occupied territory.
The ulema urged the people to take protest demonstrations after Friday prayers all over the territory outside their mosques to send a message to Hindutva Indian state that Kashmiris would never accept any hegemony and might policies in the territory.
The posters, pasted on walls, buildings and electric polls in different areas of Kashmir valley displayed by APHC, have appealed to the people in and outside IIOJK to become a rock against the Indian BJP-RSS government’s Hindutva agenda in the territory.
The posters mentioned that India was changing education curriculum and dismissing Muslim employees to advance its Hindutva agenda in IIOJK. The posters also urged the United Nations, Organization of Islamic Cooperation and world peace-loving countries to save the innocent Kashmiris from trigger-happy Indian forces by resolving the Kashmir dispute in its historical perspective.
The posters have also been circulated on social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook and WhatsApp.—KMS
