Rasa – A conference entitled, “The Day of Solidarity with the Kashmiri and Yemeni People” was held in the city of Qom, Iran in solidarity with the people of the conflict-stricken regions of Kashmir and Yemen. RNA – In an conversation with Rasa News Agency, Mohammad Rafiq stated that on February 5, 2019, a conference entitled “The Day of Solidarity with the Kashmiri and Yemeni People” was held in the city of Qom, Iran. This conference was organised by Tehreek-e-Ittehad Ummat Jammu and Kashmir, the International Wilayat Mission and the Majlis Branch of Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen in Qom.
The conference was presided over by Hujjat al- Islam Dr. Sayyed Shafaqat Zaydi Sahab, a senior member of Majlis-e-Wahdat of Pakistan.
During his speech at the conference, he condemned the brutal Killings of Muslims in Kashmir and Yemen. He urged Muslim communities to support people of Kashmir and Yemen openly.
Hujjat al-Islam Zaydi, also condemned the silence of Muslim nations and human rights organisations of the world in regard to the atrocities in Yemen and Kashmir.
“Saudi Arabia and India must end violence and killing spree in Yemen and Kashmir respectively, at earliest possible and these states must be allowed to decide their future,” Hujjat al-Islam Zaydi said.
Other speakers also spoke on this occasion and urged India and Pakistan to enter into dialogue to resolve the long-unsolved Kashmir Issue. One of the speakers said, “We pay homage to the sacrifices of our brethren in Kashmir and reiterate our unflinching, moral and political support for the just cause of people of Kashmir and Yemen.”
Speakers accused the world bodies and leading powers of being biased towards people of Yemen and Kashmir.
Banners and posters and images of Yemeni and Kashmiri men and women and children were displayed in this conference showing the brutalities of the Indian occupation forces in Kashmir and Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. Hundreds of pamphlets containing detailed reports about killings, property damage, human rights violations in Kashmir were also distributed at the end of this conference.
Banners and posters with messages of Ayatollah Khomeyini and Ayatollah Khamenei on them read, “Sympathy, solidarity and assistance to the people of Kashmir is one of the great duties of the Islamic ummah.”
Large gatherings of scholars and students from different nations attended the “Solidarity Conference.” Special prayers were also held for the people of Kashmir and Yemen.
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