What terrorists are following is "definitely not Islam": J&K Guv Advisor Farooq Khan
Srinagar, Sep 15: Advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir governor, Farooq Khan, asked what type of religion are the terrorists following. Khan said "it's definitely not Islam" as threatening people against sending their children to schools is "the biggest disservice to Islam". He said the terrorists want the public to remain illiterate.
Khan is a former administrator of Lakshwadeep and was brought in as the advisor to the Governor in view of his expertise on Jammu and Kashmir. Khan has been given the charge of school education among other portfolios.
"What type of religion are they (terrorists) following. It's definitely not Islam. The holy book begins with the word 'ikra' which means recite or to read...I wonder what type of Islam are these people preaching. It can be anything but not that," Khan told PTI.
Asking children not to attend classes and warning parents against sending their wards to schools is the biggest disservice to Islam, Farooq Khan said.
His response came in the wake of situation in the valley where posters have appeared in Srinagar warning people to keep their children away from schools after the Centre abrogated Jammu and Kashmir's special status last month.
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"The terrorists want the public to remain illiterate so that they can control their mind," the advisor.
Khan
appealed
to
the
parents
to
send
their
children
to
schools
and
said
there
were
no
plans
to
change
the
exam
dates.
The
exams
are
held
in
October-end
and
November
and
the
dates
are
announced
by
Board
of
School
Education.
"The
exams
will
be
held
on
time,"
says
Khan,
a
retired
IPS
officer.
On
the
posters,
Khan
said,
"We have opened the schools and parents have to come forward...for their own wards. I can assure that they will be safe," he said.
Private schools have been regularly advertising in local newspapers asking children to collect their assignments and complete their registration for the board exams.
OneIndia News with PTI inputs