அமர்நாத் கோவில் நிலவிவகாரம்: ஜம்முவில் இந்து முஸ்லீம் கலவரம்

அமர்நாத் கோவிலுக்கு இடம் தர மறுக்கும் மதவெறியர்களை கண்டித்து இந்து பெரும்பான்மை ஜம்முவில் இந்துக்கள் போராட்டம் நடத்தினர். அதில் முஸ்லீம்கள் வெடிகுண்டு வீசி கலவரத்தில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ளனர். கையெறி குண்டில் ஹிந்து ஒருவர் இறந்துள்ள்ளார், பலர் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர். பல இடங்களில் இந்துக்கள் திருப்பித்தாக்கியதில் பல முஸ்லீம்கள் படுகாயமடைந்துள்ளனர் என்றும் தெரிகிறது.

காஷ்மீர் முஸ்லீம்கள் மூளைச்சலவையிலிருந்து வெளியேறி, தமது தொன்மையான மதத்துக்கு திரும்பினால் தான் இந்த பிரச்சினை தீர்ந்து, அமைதி திரும்பும். அதற்கு இறைவனை வேண்டுவோம்! ஹரி ஓம்!!


Day 3: Jammu burns amid violent protests

Pawan Bali / CNN-IBN



Published on Thu, Jul 03, 2008 at 01:44 in Nation section

Tags: Jammu And Kashmir, Amarnath Shrine Board , Jammu
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Jammu: Jammu continued to burn for the third day as protestors agitated against the state government's decision to revoke its order transferring land to the Amarnath temple.



The retialation in Jammu region comes a day after the Amarnath land transfer order was formally revoked by the state cabinet. The state BJP, which shot off a letter to the Union Home ministry, has a poll issue on a platter. The Congress too has its vote bank in Jammu and has started damage control.


Minister for Higher Education, Gulchain Singh Charak said, "Yeh shrine board ka land hai toh unko wapis kar diya. Hum kya karen? Kashmir ke logon ka bhi protest galat tha." ("This is the land of the shrine board and it has been returned to them. What can we do in this? This protest is not correct.")


The Azad government has to prove its majority on July 7 and the Chief Minister is juggling numbers to save his government. But before that, he will have to find a way to appease to the sentiment in Jammu.


The streets witnessed defiant crowds despite a curfew clampdown. On Day Three of the strike called by the BJP and right wing groups, there were no signs of a let down. More than 40 people were injured in separate clashes. Nine protestors were injured when a grenade was lobbed. Meanwhile, protestors torched four houses in Samba and in Bhaderwah town.




Curfew was extended to the entire Jammu city, and the neigbouring Samba district, but the protests have shown no sign of letting up.


An agitator, Sanjay Pandita said, "Curfew to tod denge. Shoot at sight order ko bhi nahi maanege." ("We'll break the curfew and we do not care about the shoot at sight order.")


The Army has been called in for a flag march. Elsewhere, rioters have blocked the entry point to the state at Lakhanpur. The Jammu-Pathankot highway is also blocked at various points. In Mutthi, where curfew has been on since Tuesday, police fired in the air to disperse protesting crowds. A blast has been reported near a temple in Doda.


Schools and colleges are closed and university exams have been postponed.


In between violent protests, tourists and pilgrims on their way to Vaishno Devi are facing inconveniences, but authorities say they can use bus and railway tickets as curfew passes.


Meanwhile, Ghulam Nabi Azad and his party are losing time, and losing popularity in the region.




கல்ஃப் டைம்ஸ் செய்தி:


Army deployed in Jammu as protests spreadPublished: Thursday, 3 July, 2008, 01:44 AM Doha Time

JAMMU: Troops were deployed in Samba town of the Jammu region yesterday as Hindu mobs defied a curfew and protests turned violent after the state government revoked a decision to transfer land to the Amarnath temple board.
The army staged a flag march in Samba town, about 40km from here.
Earlier in the day, protesters defied curfew imposed in Jammu city, Samba and Bhaderwah and burnt effigies of state Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad. They also shouted anti-government slogans.
The curfew, imposed in some areas of Jammu on Tuesday afternoon after at least 80 people were injured in protests, was extended to all parts of the city at 5am yesterday.
Police vans fitted with loudspeakers announced the imposition of the curfew and a large number of police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were deployed across this winter capital of the state.
However, protesters carrying posters of Hindu God Shiva took to the streets in Digiana, Gandhi Nagar, Raghunath Bazar and several other places in the city, defying the curfew. Some of them threw stones at a private school owned by Higher Education Minister Gulchain Singh Charak.
The state government on Tuesday cancelled the allotment of 40 hectares of forest land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB), which organises the annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva in south Kahsmir.
The decision brought normality to the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley hit by riots last week in which five people were killed.
But the revocation led to protests by Hindu groups in Jammu. Protesters clashed with security forces, resulting in police firing, baton charge and use of tear gas.
Yesterday, the protests spread to the districts of Doda, Samba, Udhampur and Kathua. Police said over 60 people were injured in clashes between protesters and security forces across the Jammu plains.
Police said five people were injured in a grenade explosion targeting protesters in the chief minister’s hometown of Bhaderwah in Doda district. The authorities imposed a curfew in the town as a precautionary measure since Bhaderwah has a history of communal clashes.
Doda district development commissioner K A Bhat said: “The curfew is a precautionary measure.”
Curfew was also imposed on Samba following violent protests.
Divisional Commissioner of Jammu S Pandey told reporters the army was put on alert and soldiers in Samba staged a flag march on the Jammu-Pathankote highway.
The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, through which all supplies are brought into the Kashmir Valley, continued to be blockaded by protesters for the second day yesterday.
Truck and tanker owners also went on strike to support the protests against revocation of land allotment to the shrine board, causing a shortage in fuel supply to the valley. – IANS

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Bajrang Dal targets Muslims in Rajouri


SHAFIQ MIR

Rajouri, July 2: The activists of Bajrang Dal and other extremist Hindu organizations selectively targeted Muslims at many places in district Rajouri on Wednesday, making the situation tense. Though most of the victims managed to escape from the clutches of these extremist elements but one of them has been seriously injured and is under treatment at district hospital Rajouri.

The administration has further strengthened the security system keeping in view the deteriorating law and order position in the district.

Sources said on Wednesday morning an ambulance belonging to district hospital Rajouri was on its way to Jammu with a patient. This ambulance was carrying a Hindu family. But on reaching Hasyote area of Sunderbani tehsil, the activists of Bajrang Dal conducted identification parade of all persons on board.

After they came to know that the driver of the vehicle was a Muslim and his name was Taj Hussain, they started beating him mercilessly with rods. This continued for nearly 20 minutes till he fell unconscious. Half an hour later he was shifted to hospital by a Hindu who was accompanying him in the ambulance. His condition is still critical.

Many such incidents have been reported from other parts of the district. Khurshid Ahmed Tantray of Palma village told Greater Kashmir over phone that four shops belonging to Muslims were damaged and looted in Palama village. A bus carrying Madrassa students while passing through Jawaharnagar area was stoned by Bajrang Dal activists last night.

With these incidents pouring in from the far flung areas of the district, a sense of insecurity has developed among the Muslims residing in the Hindu majority areas. Keeping in view the degrading law and order situation in the district, the district administration called separate meetings of both the communities on Wednesday and asked them to remain peaceful beside strengthening the security system in an around the town.

Giving details of the meeting with the district administration, Abdul Qayoom Dar, heading the Muslim delegation, said they have narrated the incidents and selective attacks carried by Bajrang Dal activists on Muslims. Dar said if these attacks were not stopped, the government will be responsible for the consequences.
On being contacted, District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Rafiq Ahmed Sheikh, said the situation was tense.

Expressing concern over the selective attacks, human rights activist Ajaz Ahmed Mirza said he has received dozens of complaints of selective attacks by Bajrang Dal activists.

Meanwhile, Muslims in Surankote area of Poonch took out a strong procession in the town on Wednesday raising anti-BJP and anti-Bajrang Dal slogans for their anti-Muslim activities. The protestors warned the government of dire consequences if the Hindu extremist organizations are not controlled from attacking Muslims.
Thousands of Muslims of Surankote tehsil gathered in bus stand area to express their displeasure over the attitude of Hindu organizations giving communal shape to the Amarnath land issue. Prominent among those who addressed the gathering were Tariq Ashraf, Tariq Manhas, Master Hanief, Abdul Rashid Zargar, Hamid Manhas, Qazi Irshad and Dr. Mumtaz Hussain Shah.