Srinagar: While extending his Eid greetings to the Muslim Ummah, Chairman Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday appealed people to remember the destitute section of the society on festival.
In a statement issued, Geelani said the festival was the day of expressing gratitude to Almighty Allah and seeking His blessings.
It is also the day of expressing solidarity with the families of our martyrs, destitute and orphans. It is the day of rejuvenating the spirit of freedom in Eidgahs, said Geelani.
The octogenarian said Ramazan is the month in which Allah blesses His people with infinite bounties and showers His blessings more than any other time throughout the year.
He said it should be understood by a Muslim that difficulties and hardships are inevitable and the objective of all of them is to turn him strong.
He said that a true believer would only feel relief and relaxed, while following commandments of Holy Quran. Ramazan was a period to seek blessings of Allah and rejuvenate sentiments, faith and spirits and as such the inspiration that Ramazan bestowed should serve a guide line for future too and should be followed during the entire year so that reforms in society are brought in the real sense.
“We should not forget the families, orphans and widows of those people who have sacrificed their precious lives for the better future of their nation. We have to be extremely kind to the families who had miserably suffered during the ongoing freedom struggle of Kashmir,” Geelani said.
He said that the Eid was a day of happiness and blessings and Kashmiri nation had so far missed the real spirit of this day because of the “atrocities and the cruel behaviour of the Indian occupational forces against the common people and the people of this troubled region are miserably suffering since last seven decades”.
While referring to situation in state said: “We are facing extreme situations. It is very unfortunate that we are carrying and receiving the coffins of our youngsters. Our dignity and honour are at stake and situations in Kashmir has only multiplied our sorrows and it is quite heart wrenching to see the increasing number of widows and orphans.”
The martyrs fulfilled their responsibilities and “now we are the guardians of their sacrifices.”
“We must reinvigorate our movement against the forcible occupation of India so as to pressurise this colonial country to acknowledge our birth right to self-determination,” Geelani said.
While appealing the people to celebrate the Eid with austerity and simplicity and according to the Islamic principles, Geelani said that the Eid-ul-Fiter was the day of sharing celebrations with orphans, widows and poor class of society.
Geelani appealed religious clerics, Ulamaie Kiram and Aima Masajid to pray and seek blessings from Almighty Allah to realize the dream of freedom from “tyrant forces.”
