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| FIR in all-girl rock band just not enough | | Fatwa against talent | | Rustam
jammu, Feb 6: Jammu and Kashmir Police did well to identify around half a dozen Facebook users/fanatics who posted hate messages on the Facebook page of Pragaash all-girl rock band in Kashmir and lodge an FIR against some unknown persons who had violated the law of the land. The State police yesterday registered a case FIR No. 05/2013 under section 66 A of the Information Technology Act and section 506 Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) with police station Rajbagh, Srinagar, against persons who posted hate messages to young Kashmiri girls, part of rock band. It will be seen if the police arrests the fanatics and frame charges against them which could lead to their conviction.
However, registration of case against known/unknown persons and even a stringent action against them will just not be enough. They are the culprits who took the law of the land and abused, denigrated and threatened the Kashmiri girls whose only crime was that they displayed their talent in a highly sophisticated and dignified way. There is no doubt about it. They must be booked and brought to justice. But this will not make any material difference because they are not the real root cause; the root cause is the one who exploited his position and issued a fatwa against the three Kashmir girls - a fatwa that has caused a furore across the country with almost all the mainstream political parties, women organisations and almost entire media, both print and electronic, denouncing the root cause and urging the State Government to not only provide full protection to the girls and their families but also against the one who issued the fatwa. The frightened girls have since withdrawn from rock band and one of three girls has reportedly left for Bengaluru.
Action against the main culprit and organisations like Dukhtran-e-Millat and similar other regressive forces, plus the Kashmir-based supporters of Hizbul Mujahideen, al-Qaida and Taliban and so on is a must. It is they who have been working since years to Talibanise the Kashmiri society and ensure that Kashmir returns to medieval ages. It is not for the first time that some one holding a prominent position issued a fatwa against Kashmiri women and girls. Kashmir has during the past more than 15 years witnessed several such fatwas. There were fatwas issued against Kashmiri women and girls visiting beauty parlours; there were fatwas against cinema hall owners; there were fatwas against women and girls not wearing burqa; and there were fatwas against everything that certain elements in Kashmir considered "un-Islamic". The fact is that Kashmir has witnessed umpteen fatwas - all issued to frighten Kashmiri women and girls and force them to live like women in medieval ages lived. The State Government, which has assured full protection to the Kashmiri girls and their families, must act against them. It is already too late. |
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