Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday met a “group of Imams” who urged him to help restore calm in the Kashmir Valley which is witnessing turmoil following the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani.
The “Imams” told Singh that they would be meeting Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ms Mehbooba Mufti and local clerics of the state “in an attempt to help bring calm in the Valley”.
“We had detailed discussions with the Home Minister on the prevailing situation in Kashmir. We have urged him to ensure that calm and peace returns to the Valley. Just like Muslims from any other parts of the country, Kashmiris are also our brothers. We are with them and appeal them to bring normalcy and peace,” Umer Ahmed Ilyasi of All India Organisation of Imams of Mosques said after the meeting.
He said a “group of Imams” will be meeting the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and also Imams in the Valley to ensure peace and calm is restored as quickly as possible.
“We are talking about Kashmir but not Kashmiris. It is time that we take forward dialogue with Kashmiris,” he said.