Article 35A a sensitive matter for people of J&K: RMIA

Raabitah-e-Madaaris-e-Islaamiyyah Arabiyyah (RMIA), Jammu & Kashmir on Sunday said that attempts to scrap Article 35A have caused great anxiety among the residents of Jammu and Kashmir.

In a statement issued here, RMIA, “a non-political board of Islamic education”, said that as Article 35A grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, so the public concern is quite “natural”. 

   

“This is a sensitive matter for the people of Jammu and Kashmir as this article safeguards the special status of J&K, and scrapping it would set a dangerous precedent,” the statement said.

The board said: “In response to every such step which will challenge Article 35A or which will jeopardize the special status of J&K, exercising the responsibility to defend it while maintaining unity at every level is necessary for the residents of J&K.”

It said the Raabitah-e-Madaaris-Islaamiyyah Arabiyyah convened a conference on 4 August 2018, in which the district representatives from Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur, Riyasi, Samba, Kathua, Jammu, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban besides the Kashmir valley were present. 

The conference, it said, passed a resolution expressing great concern over “challenging of the Article 35A” in the court of law. The conference, it said, urged the permanent residents of J&K, organizations, forums, political & non-political institutes “to take care of this volatile situation and do not become heedless.”

The RMIA urged the authorities to refrain from “taking such measures which will hurt the sentiments of the people of J&K” as otherwise, according to it, the people of J&K “will remain worried about their future.”

The conference was attended by the president RMIA, Maulana Muhammad Rahmatullaah Sahib Qaasmi (Daamat-Barakatuhum), Maulana Mufti Nazeer Ahmad Sahib Qaasmi (General Secretary), Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Iqbaal Sahib Qaasmi (vice-president for Kashmir province), Maulana Sa’eed Ahmad Habeeb Sahib (vice-president for Jammu province), Maulana Inayatullaah Sahib Qaasmi (undersecretary for Jammu province). Besides, the entire executive council members and more than four hundred representatives across Jammu and Kashmir were present.

RMIA is a board of Islamic education which is apolitical in nature, it said.

The board comprises of Deeni-Madaaris (institutes imparting religious education to the Muslim children) situated in Jammu and Kashmir. The heads and the persons concerned with these institutes are the permanent residents of Jammu & Kashmir, the statement said.

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