Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir):Kashmiri ulemas and heads of different religious organisations on Sunday urged Home Minister Amit Shah to take immediate legal actions against Yati Narsinghanand, a controversial priest based in Ghaziabad in Haryana, for making defamatory remarks against the Prophet of Islam.
The signatories, including prominent leaders like the Hurriyat Chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Molvi Umar Farooq and Grand Mufti Mufti Nasir-Ul-Islam, expressed deep concern over the alleged inflammatory comments by Narsinghanand, saying the words have hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community and posed a threat to communal harmony.
“Freedom of speech is a fundamental right in any democratic society, but it cannot be a license to spread hate and cause deep hurt to the religious sentiments and of an entire community. India is a land of many religions and ethnicities, where respect for all religions should be paramount. Such remarks are not only offensive but also divisive and pose a threat to communal harmony and peace,” they say in a letter.
They demanded that the government of India take appropriate legal action against Narsinghanand, respecting the sanctity of the faith of Muslims and upholding the law and constitution.