The Fate of a Moderate

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In Kashmir, preaching peace in the wrong mosque will get you killed: Imam’s throat slit for saying peace prayers. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.)

Danwakote (rajouri), December 27: Piqued over the peace prayers at the local Jamia Masjid in non-descript hamlet of Danwakote in Rajouri district, militants last night abducted and slit the throat of the Imam of the mosque, sparking off a huge protest demonstration in the area.

Sources said today morning, hundreds of villagers from Danwakote and its adjoining areas came out on the streets to protest the killing of Moulvi Mohammad Bashir, the head priest of the Jamia Masjid mosque.

This is for the first time in the area that a religious preacher has been killed by militants.

According to villagers, at 8:30 pm last night, some unidentified gunmen barged into the house of Bashir and abducted him and another villager Khalil Ahmad at gunpoint.

After taking them a kilometer away, militants released Ahmad, but slit throat of Bashir, whose body was spotted by villagers.

Demanding visit of human rights organisation to the area, protesters said, “The killing of Imam has exposed the militants’ claim of carrying out jehad and their so-called sympathy with Muslims of the area.”

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