(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik said on Monday that some vested interests are trying to sow discord among Muslims and urged people of Kashmir to remain vigilant against anti-Islam forces so as to defeat their sinister plots.
"Kashmiris should realize that there are some vested interests who want them (Kashmiris) to fight against each other. We should live in peace and harmony to counter their [anti-Islam] agendas," he said.
Protests broke out in parts of Srinagar after religious inscription were found on shoes.
Fresh clashes forced authorities to re-impose curfew in those areas. Barbed wires have been stretched across roads leading to Srinagar. Security forces have been deployed in strength to sensitive areas.
On November 27, hundreds of people in the Baramulla district in the north of the region took to the streets in protest over the sacrilegious act. Protesters blocked Srinagar-Baramulla and Srinagar-Gulmarg roads and demanded action against culprits.
Religious leaders in Kashmir see the hands of foreign elements with links to the United States and Israel behind the act.
Addressing a news conference in Srinagar earlier in the day, Yasin Malik also asked people of Kashmir to observe a strike on December 10 -- a move scheduled to coincide with World Human Rights Day.
He said that JKLF activists will observe a partial hunger strike on the day and would also hold a march to express solidarity with those Kashmiris who are suffering in different jails across India.
He blamed the government of India for pushing the youths of Kashmir towards violence.
Kashmir lies at the heart of more than 60 years of hostility between India and Pakistan. Both countries claim the region in full but each only has control over a section of the territory.
Over the past two decades, conflict in Kashmir has left over 47,000 people dead according to official count, although, other sources say the death toll could be as high as 90,000.
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3 December 2012 - 20:30
News ID: 369537
A top pro-independence leader in the Indian-administered Kashmir reportedly condemns the recent appearance of religious inscriptions on footwear in the region, describing it as a conspiracy aimed to divide Kashmiri Muslims.
