Kashmir: Shabir Shah calls for unity against anti-Islamic forces and to Shun Sunni-Shia Difference

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Senior pro-freedom leader and Chairman Democratic Freedom Party Shabir Ahmad Shah yesterday along with a delegation visited various areas of Budgam where he met with Shia-Sunni incharge leaders and encouraged them to put an end to ongoing sectarian clashes and reconcile at earliest.According to GNS, the delegation comprised of Islamic Political Party Chairman Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Muhammad Yasin Ataai and other Freedom Party activists. In a statement issued to GNS, the party spokesperson said the delegation after enquiring the root cause of clashes with responsible persons of both communities came to conclusion that it is the growing threat of “ruffianism” that led to skirmishes between the two communities.“We belong to the same “millat (nation)” because our God, Messenger and Qur’an are one,” the spokesperson quoted Shabir Ahmad Shah as having said. Shah, according to GNS statement said that in present world scenario when anti-Islam forces are united against Islam, all the sects of Islam should rise above sectarian differences and unite as strong cemented wall against such forces. “But it is sad and heartening that instead of uniting against enemy we Muslims are fighting among ourselves,” Shah said adding that the Shia Sunni confrontation is the handiwork of anti-Islam and anti-movement elements.Appealing for calm, freedom Party Chairman told people not to harm that exemplary Shia Sunni brotherhood which they exhibited during the ongoing freedom struggle. “The freedom struggle will not face more harm than Shia Sunni conflict.”Shabir Shah while expressing his serious anguish over the loss suffered due to rising hooliganism, appealed the scholars of both communities to play their role in pacifying the sectarian tensions. “Otherwise, this confrontation will prove detrimental to the peace and stability in Valley and will yield negative impact on freedom struggle,” Shah added. /129