Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani has felicitated the students who have been declared successful in the matriculation examination.
“I extend my earnest praise to our resilient youth and their families for successfully qualifying the matriculation examinations. The entire society and I are proud of this achievement despite everyday violence perpetrated against our people especially youth. The success of our youth becomes extraordinary in these extraordinary times we live in amidst massive killings, maiming and blinding, crackdowns and torture. Through your hard work, dedication and diligence, you have proved that Kashmir’s future is progressing towards an undeniable destiny,” Geelani said in a statement.
“Their success has further reinforced the narrative that education and struggle are intertwined. It has demolished the discourse and vilification campaign of the state, their apologists and collaborators that the people of Kashmir are driven by misguided youth,” Geelani said.
He said, “I take this opportunity to remind our youth that they reflect on certain critical challenges that Kashmir and our people are facing for the last seven decades and more so in last several years.”
“The forced control and injustice thrive on ignorance. Resistance and fight for justice, on the other hand, flourish purely through education and critical learning of the political and social awareness and for that Islam remains at the core of our struggle and philosophy,” Geelani said.
“Education ensures that an individual becomes self-aware, which is crucial for him to break the shackles of slavery and subservience. This is true of our pious and rightful struggle as well. Our educated and conscious young people are taking up the cause of resistance,” he added.
Geelani said, “Our movement is also inseparable from the discussions about understanding the community’s ideals, building on those principles and their realization in action. As such, our youth must always remember that education is integral to our resistance.”