Nobody will be allowed to create sectarian divide, says Waqf

Srinagar, July 20

The Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board has said action had been initiated against those who tried to vitiate the peace in the Valley. Board’s chairperson Darakhshan Andrabi on Friday night said nobody would be allowed to create a sectarian divide in society.

The statement comes after some members of the Shia community held mourning inside the revered Sunni shrine of Khanqah-e-Moula in the old city of Srinagar.

“The J&K Waqf Board has taken cognisance of the matter and an action has been initiated. Nobody will be allowed to create a sectarian divide and stern action is being taken,” she wrote on X.

Meanwhile, Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU), the umbrella organisation of all major Islamic sects in J&K, on Saturday said people “should not allow any group or agency to disrupt this legacy for their vested interests.”

The MMU, which is headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, issued a statement urging for peace and concord. “The people of Kashmir cannot afford such divisions and need to show restraint and patience,” the statement said.