Srinagar: All Parties Hurriyat Conference has strongly denounced Indian regime for a deliberate attempt to enforce RSS-driven Hindutva ideology in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The denouncement came by senior APHC leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq after Indian authorities ordered recitation of Indian national anthem ‘Vande Mataram’ compulsory in all schools in Doda district of held valley.

According to Radio Pakistan, Mirwaiz stated that the anthem “Vande Mataram” contains expressions of devotion that contradict Islamic belief. Besides APHC, the religious, political, and civil society organizations have also condemned the move as a direct assault on Muslims’ religious freedom.

Meanwhile, Indian police arrested two youth in Baramulla district under continued misuse of repressive laws. The Kashmiris living on both sides of the Line of Control and across the world will observe Jammu Martyrs’ Day on Thursday to reaffirm their resolve to continue the struggle for their UN-recognized right to self-determination.

The day marks one of the darkest chapters in Kashmir’s history when hundreds of thousands of Muslims were massacred by the forces of Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh, Indian Army, and armed RSS extremists in different parts of the Jammu region as they were migrating to Pakistan during the first week of November 1947.