RNA – An academic conference entitled “Developments in the Indian Subcontinent with an Emphasis on the Kashmir Issue” was hosted by Rasa News Agency at the headquarters of the news agency in Qom.
Speaking at the conference, Sayyed Ali Reza Mousavi, an expert and political activist in Kashmir, also criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the current ruling party in India, saying that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) group is similar to Wahhabi groups and has there difference between them.
The political expert on Kashmir said, “When we look at the situation in Kashmir, we find that the RSS is gradually seeking to shift our culture in an attempt to take over the education in Kashmir. In this area, we’ve even seen the establishment and operation of several large schools by the Zionist occupation regime which are aimed at changing the culture of the people, such as the requirement for girls to enroll in grade nine, not wearing hijab and wearing shorts.”
He added, “The Indian government has even arrested some of the seminarians and clerics studying in Iran such that, according the latest statistics we have obtained, about thirty seminarians are in jail and the rest are being pursued or under strict monitoring.”
Sayyed Mousavi said, “The Kashmir that we call paradise has now become hell and the Indian government has arrested more than 600 media activists in order to prevent news from being broadcast from the region.”
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