Srinagar, Apr 17(KNS): Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) Jammu & Kashmir headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed serious concern over the alarming increase in COVID-19 cases, calling upon people to hold special prayers in the holy month of Ramadhan to seek refuge from almighty against the deadly outbreak.
In a statement issued here to Kashmir News Service (KNS), MMU asked people, that keeping in view the Shariah and Islamic teachings and to protect themselves and others from the deadly virus, there is a dire need to strictly follow the COVID-19 SOPs.
“And most importantly getting administered with the Covid vaccine,” it said.
MMU said that Muslim scholars, Ulema and Muftiyaan Kiraam of reputed Islamic institutions across the world have stressed upon Muslims to get administered with Covid 19 vaccine which is in keeping with Islamic rulings .
So, all the constituents of MMU including its chairman Mirwaiz Umar has appealed to people of Jammu & Kashmir not to pay heed to rumours about vaccination and go for it with as soon as possible, the statement said.
MMU, in the statement issued to kashmir news service (KNS), also condemned the authorities for continuing to keep Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under detention even in the holy month of Ramadan despite repeated appeals to release him so that he could resume his responsibilities in this holy month for Muslims.
The MMU Amalgam constitutes Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid, Dar-ul-Uloom Raheemiya, Muslim Personal Law Board, Jamiat Ahle Hadeth, Jama’at-e-Islami, Anjuman Sharia’n Shian, Karwaan-e-Islami, Itihaad-ul-Muslimeen, Anjuman Himayat-ul-Islam, Jamiat Hamdania, Anjuman Ulema-e-Ahnaaf, Dar-ul-Uloom Qasmia, Dar-ul-Uloom Bilaliya, Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Mazhar-ul-Haq, Jamiat-ul-Aima Wal Ulema, Anjuman Aima Wa Mashaa’ikh Kashmir, Dar-ul-Uloom Naqshbandiya, Dar-ul-Uloom Rasheediya, Ahl-e-Bayt Foundation, Madrasa Kanz-ul-Uloom, Perwaan-e-Wilayat, Auqaf Islamiya Khurram Sarhama, Anjuman Tanzeem-ul-Makaatib, Muhammadi Trust and other religious social and educational institutions.(KNS)