MMU Condemns Alcohol Consumption on Dal Lake, Calls for Respect of Kashmiri Ethics

The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU), comprising leaders of religious sects and educational institutions in Jammu and Kashmir and led by Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq, has expressed grave concern over a viral video showing outsiders openly consuming alcohol on a shikara in Dal Lake. MMU strongly condemns this act and the fact that it occurred in Kashmir.

Public consumption of alcohol is strictly prohibited by law, and how this was allowed to happen is troubling.In a statement, MMU emphasized, “The people of Kashmir are hospitable and respect tourists as guests. However, such un-Islamic and unethical practices will not be tolerated in the Muslim-majority valley, known as the land of saints and Sufis. Alcohol consumption is strictly prohibited in Islam due to its harmful effects on society and cannot be allowed to go unchecked.”

MMU urged hotel owners, houseboat operators, and shikara operators to prevent such un-Islamic and immoral practices for profit and appealed to tourists to respect Kashmir’s moral and religious ethos.Additionally, the Council reiterated its call for the immediate arrest and appropriate punishment of the student involved in blasphemy against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) at GMC Srinagar, despite the police having filed an FIR.

The United Council of Scholars of Jammu and Kashmir includes organizations such as Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar, Darul Uloom Raheemiya Bandipora, Mufti Azam’s Muslim Personal Law Board, Anjuman Shari Shian, Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith, Karwan-e-Islami, Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen, Anjuman Himayat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Tabligh-ul-Islam, Jamiat Hamdania, Anjuman Ulema-e-Ahnaf, Darul Uloom Qasmiya, Darul Uloom Bilaliya, Anjuman Nusrat-ul-Islam, Anjuman Mazhar-ul-Haq, Jamiat-ul-Aimma wal Ulema, Anjuman Aimma wa Mashaikh Kashmir, Darul Uloom Naqshbandiya, Darul Uloom Rashidiya, Ahl-e-Bait Foundation, Madrasa Kanz-ul-Uloom, Pirwan-e-Wilayat, Auqaf Islamia Khiram Sirhama, Bazm-e-Tauheed Ahl-e-Hadith Trust, Anjuman Tanzeem-ul-Makatib, Muhammadi Yateem Trust, Anjuman Anwar-ul-Islam, Karwan Khatm-e-Nabuwat, Darul Uloom Syed-ul-Mursaleen, Anjuman Ulema wa Aimma Masajid, Falah Darain Trust Welfare Society Islamabad, Ashraf-ul-Uloom Hyderpora, Darul Uloom Dawoodiya Batamaloo, Darul Uloom Farqaniya Nowshera, Darul Uloom Dawoodiya Khanyar, Jamiat-ul-Ulama Kashmir, Siraj-ul-Uloom, Idara Wahdat-ul-Makatib Jammu and Kashmir, Darul Uloom Imdadiya Natipora, Darul Uloom Jamia-tur-Rashad Awantipora, Khanqah Muradiya Jamia Masjid Kreeri, Darul Uloom Saut-ul-Quran Gulshan Abad Srinagar, and other contemporary religious, national, social, and educational organizations. (KNS)