MMU calls for shutdown tomorrow against tourist killings in Pahalgam

Srinagar, Apr 22: Mutahida Majlis Ulema (MMU) today announced a shutdown call tomorrow against the killings of dozens of tourists in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam area of Anantnag.

Mirwaiz Kashmir, Dr Moulvi Mohammad Umar Farooq, who is chief of Mutahida Majlis Ulema (MMU) in a post on X said: “Another day of carnage in the blood soaked history of Kashmir when visiting tourists in a most gruesome manner are mercilessly killed”.

“Hapless people of Kashmir know the pain and grief of such tragedies for those who lost their loved ones today,” he said.

Mirwaiz further said: “Such gruesomeness is abhorred in Islam, which is essentially a religion of peace and goodwill, and against all human ethics”.

He said, “The Islamic fraternity of Jammu and Kashmir through Mutahida Majlis Ulema (MMU) in support and solidarity with the bereaved families of those killed appeal to people of Jammu Kashmir to peacefully protest this heinous crime tomorrow by a shut down.