The ghastly terror attack at New Zealand mosques that left at least 49 worshippers dead and more than 20 injured drew widespread condemnation from various political leaders in Kashmir on Friday.
The chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Geelanistrongly condemned the terror attack on twin mosques in Christchurch, NewZealand.
Calling the attack as “a heinous and brutal act not onlyagainst the Muslims but the whole humanity”, Geelani said in a statement that”anybody with a human heart will find his words insufficient to condemn thisbarbaric act”.
“We as a nation sympathise with the families of those whowere killed or injured in the terror attack and share their grief from theinner cores of our hearts,” Geelani said.
The Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooqexpressed shock over the terrorist attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, NewZealand.
“Shocked and deeply grieved over the barbaric attack at twinmosques in #Christchurch New Zealand. Multiple fatalities feared. Once againHumanity becomes a casualty. Condemnation beyond words. Prayers for the victims(sic),” Mirwaiz wrote on his Twitter handle.
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah termedthe mass shootings at two New Zealand mosques as a terror attack and expressedsympathies with the bereaved families.
“Good to see most people are calling the#NewZealandMosqueFiring what it is—a terror attack. #NewZealandTerroristAttack.No words of condemnation are strong enough & no words of sympathy for thefamilies adequate enough. May Allah grant them Jannat,” Omar wrote on twitter.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said: “Odd that neither PM(Modi) nor anyone from Congress has condemned the NZ attack. Terrorism has noreligion but unfortunately it has become easy & even convenient toassociate it with Islam. Is the criminal silence just because the attacks wereagainst Muslims in mosques?”
J&K Congress president Ghulam Ahmad Mir stronglycondemned the terror attack in New Zealand, describing it as cowardly, mindlessand barbaric.
Holding banners which read “New Zealand, we are grieved”,members of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) held a protest rally atAbi Guzar soon after Friday congregation prayers.
“The carnage at New Zealand has once again exhibited theugly face of extremism and casteism; putting an immediate end to it is the needof the hour. Our hearts go out to the families which lost their loved ones inthis act of savagery,” JKLF vice-chairman Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi said.
Kashmir Economic Alliance also condemned the deadly attackand said that “terrorism has no religion.”
“The heinous attack illustrated the growing hostilitytowards Islam ‘idly’ watched by the world,” a KEA spokesman said in astatement.
Expressing serious concern, shock and grief over the killingof innocent Muslims in New Zealand, Karwani-Islami patron Ghulam Rasool Hamisaid the attack is “the direct outcome of the propaganda being carried out bythe national and international media against Muslims”.
JKLF (H) chairman Javaid Ahmad Mir strongly condemned “thedeadliest terror attack” and said Muslims in New Zealand were “cowardlymassacred”.
Meanwhile, a number of prominent Muslim bodies in IndiaFriday condemned the terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand’sChristchurch in which at least 49 people were killed.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind General Secretary Maulana Mehmood Madnisaid that the incident was painful and condemnable.
“This is very painful and should be condemned in thestrongest word. We, the Muslims, need to think as to why such incidents arehappening. Of course, it is Islamophobia, but we need to look inwards as towhat is wrong with the ‘ummah’ (community),” Madni told IANS.
Expressing shock over the incident, Navaid Hamid, Presidentof All India Muslim Majlis-e-Mushawarat, an umbrella body of various Muslimorganisations, said: “No words to express shock and grief over the killing ofpeaceful worshipers at Christchurch mosque in New Zealand terror attack.”
“My heart goes to the bereaved families who are victims of Islamophobia created by western policies in the last 20 years,” he added. (with IANS)