The last Friday of the month of Ramazan (Juma-tul-Wida,) was observed as the “Youm-ul-Quds and Kashmir” to impress upon the international community to come forward in a big way to help the people of Palestine and Jammu and Kashmir secure their “inalienable” right to self-determination.Call for the observance of the Day was given by Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, heads of their factions of Hurriyat Conferences and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik. Mirwaiz led a mammoth demonstration in Srinagar but Geelani was not allowed to move out of his house. Resolutions supporting the right to self-determination of the people of Kashmir and Palestine were passed in many mosques.
The resolutions urged the international community to address the issue in the interest of peace in the world. The protesters at Nowhatta, Rajouri Kadal and Alamgari Bazar set on fire the Israeli flag.The JKLF Chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik, addressed a huge gathering in Charar-e-Sharief and called upon the world community “to break its silence over lingering Kashmir dispute and come forth for its settlement.” Senior separatist leader, Shabir Ahmad Shah, was under house arrest and was not allowed to offer Friday prayers.Democratic Political Movement Chairman Advocate Muhammad Shafi Reshi also addressed a gathering at Hazratbal urging upon international community to take note of human rights violations committed by India in Kashmir and Israel in Palestine.Anti-Israel and anti-India protest marches were taken out in scores of area’s of Kashmir Valley including Srinagar city. (CNS)