[Daily Excelsior] Chairman of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat conference Mirwaiz Umer Farooq has denounced the Islamic State...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
for "promoting terrorism" in the name of Islam.
Farooq, during his recent stay in the national capital, met the Shahi Imam of New Delhi's Jama Masjid Syed Ahmad Bukhari, Jamaat Ulama-e-Hind President Moulana Mahmood Ahmad Madani and other Muslims leaders and exchanged views on ISIS and Al-Qaeda, besides Kashmire.
After a series of meetings, the Mirwaiz said in a statement: "Groups like ISIS, who are promoting terrorism in the name of Islam, in reality have no regard for Islamic teachings and values. These people are just maligning the great religion for their own personal benefits."
He said, "Islam and terrorism are two opposite poles as the great religion of Islam is meant for the welfare of the entire humanity."
The Mirwaiz's statement followed a recent interview of self-styled 'Wali', which in Arabic means custodian or protector, of Khurasan, Shaykh Haridh Said, in 'Dabiq' magazine, a mouthpiece of ISIS, in which he criticised Pakistain and terror outfit LeT.
In his criticism of Pakistain and LeT, he said, "The apostate factions and agents of Pakistain, such as Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the
Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is
banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
, do not have control over any territory in the regions of Kashmire because they proceed in accordance with the orders of the Pak intelligence as they are the ones who direct their work, pushing them forward when they wish and pulling them back when they wish.
"They also conceal their work when they wish, depending on the local and global atmosphere and based on personal material interests, without any consideration for the interests of the Muslims in Kashmire," he had said.
The self-styled Wali said there are specific arrangements and the Muslims will soon hear "pleasant news" about the expansion of Caliphate to those lands.
The Mirwaiz rejected suggestions that ISIS or Al-Qaeda had any role to play in Kashmire and said any such attempts were made only to malign the movement in the State. "Kashmiris want an amicable solution to the problem and that can be possible if India and Pakistain come together and take into confidence the people of the State," he said.
Noting that the struggle of the Kashmiri people is peaceful and political, based on principle of truth and justice, he said "Kashmire's resistance movement has no link with Daesh [Islamic State] (ISIS) or Al Qaeda".
Hardliner separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani had also rejected the claims of ISIS, saying the chances of global terror outfit expanding its operations to Kashmire were "next to zero". He had questioned the credentials of the group, saying "If it had any planning and sincerity, they would have liberated the Al Aqsa mosque in West Asia."
Authorities put several separatist leaders under house arrest on Friday even as a complete shutdown crippled life here. Senior separatist leaders, 
The media organisations in Srinagar on Friday received a CD statement, allegedly from Al Qaeda, stating that the militant organisation was declaring a war on India. The fifteen-minute CD comprises the speech of Abu Abdul Rehman Ansari, who claims to be a top Al Qaeda leader. Ansari appearing in a mask speaks in Arabic and Urdu while announcing Jihad (holy war) against India, and lashes the Hurriyat leaders and United Jihad Councils (UJC) chief Syed Salahuddin for supporting Jammu and Kashmirs ongoing peace process.
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will hold his first-ever meeting with Kashmiri separatists next week after moderates accepted his invitation for talks on the future of the divided region, his office said on Wednesday. âThe prime minister has invited the Hurriyat chairman and other leaders for talks,â said Singhâs press officer Sanjaya Baru, who added that the meeting would be held in Delhi on September 5.