MMU Urges Preachers To Desist From Sectarian, Disrespectful Sermons

SRINAGAR: Muttahida Majlise-Ulema (MMU) Jammu and Kashmir, headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has warned elements trying to harm communal amity and unity in Jammu and Kashmir by stoking sectarian tensions.

MMU has emphasised that the urgent need of the hour was to focus on the fundamental teachings and principles of Islam during their sermons and discourses for the sake of greater unity among Muslims.

"MMU makes a fervent appeal to the scholars, preachers, khateebs and imams of different schools of thought that while they follow their own schools of thought and creed in practice, in public gatherings, on pulpits and mihrabs of mosques, meetings and in gatherings, they should desist from criticising others following a different maslak , and instead focus on universal and fundamental teachings of Islam", MMU said in a statement.

MMU includes Anjuman Auqaf

Jama Masjid Srinagar , Darul Uloom Raheemiyah Bandipora, Muslim Personal Law Board led by Grand Mufti, Anjuman-e-Sharie Shiayan, Ittehadul Muslimeen, Jamiat-e-Ahl-e-Hadees, Jamaate-Islami, Karvaan-e-Islami, Anjuman Himayat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Tabligh-ul Islam, Jamiat Hamdaniya, Anjuman Ulema Ahnaf, Darul Uloom Qasmia, Darul Uloom Bilalia, Anjuman Nusratul-Islam, Anjuman Mazhar-ulHaq, Jamiat Imam-ul-Ulema, Anjuman Imam-o-Mashaikh Kashmir, Dar-ul-Uloom Naqshbandiyya, Dar-ul-Uloom Rashidia, Ahl-e-Bayt Foundation, Kanz-ulUloom, Karavaan-e-Khatam-eNabuwat besides others.

The statement further said the clergy should also highlight and educate the masses about the serious social and moral issues faced by Kashmiri society and play their role in the allround reform of society.

"Those who still continue with such a mindset to promote sectarianism will be exposed in public and held accountable", MMU warned.