Bukhari seeks meeting with PM on J

New Delhi, Aug 27 (UNI) Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid Syed Ahmed Bukhari today expressed concern over the current political crisis in Jammu and Kashmir, and said communal forces were bent on dividing the State on religious lines, for their self interests.

In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Syed Bukhari also took up the cause of Muslims who were being detained in the name of terrorism and bomb blasts.

He said such detentions have ''instilled a feeling of bewilderment and insecurity among millions of Muslims''.

In the letter, he also sought a meeting with the Prime Minister at the earliest to discuss these matters.

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