The Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulama Jammu & Kashmir (MMU) has expressed serious concern over restrictions imposed on its members and senior religious leaders, including Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari and Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosavi Al-Safavi.
In a press statement, the MMU said Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari has reportedly been confined to his residence during the sacred month of Muharram, preventing him from addressing Friday congregation and other religious gatherings and carrying out his religious and institutional responsibilities.
It also expressed regret over reports that Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosavi Al-Safavi was prevented from travelling to Iran to attend the national funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Khamenei, and that his passport and travel documents were allegedly confiscated at New Delhi Airport.
The MMU said peaceful religious scholars and clerics should not be obstructed from fulfilling their religious, social and community duties. Such actions, it stated, hurt religious sentiments, create unnecessary anxiety, and go against the spirit of religious freedom.
The MMU urged the authorities to review these restrictions immediately and allow all religious leaders to discharge their responsibilities without hindrance, in the larger interest of harmony, confidence and mutual trust.
