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[size=5][b] Music is 'un-Islamic' - unless you are the Grand Mufti of course! J&K Muslim leader indulges in a night of traditional songs[/b]


[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For the Grand Mufti of Kashmir, music is "un-Islamic" and a "vice" that should be forbidden for everyone. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Everyone except him, of course. Mufti Bashir-ud-din, who issued a fatwa against an all-girls rock band in Kashmir, has no qualms enjoying music himself. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The cleric was seen enjoying a musical programme recently in a houseboat on the scenic Dal Lake.[/font][/color]

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Kashmir's Grand Mufti Azam Bashir-ud-din Ahmad (pictured at the back), whose fatwa forced the Valley's first all-girls rock band Pragaash to disband, is enjoying a musical performance in a houseboat on the Dal Lake[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The state government-backed grand mufti presided over the musical function organised by Radio Kashmir in memory of Urdu poet Akbar Jaipuri. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Leading Kashmiri singer Qaiser Nizami enthralled the audience with Urdu ghazals after the guests were served kehwa (traditional green tea).[/font][/color]




[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"The evening commenced with a popular ghazal sung by Mehdi Hassan, Ranjish hi sahi, dil hi dukhaane ke liye aa, followed by Chaap Tilak (Punjabi ghazal). [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Everybody was visibly transported to another world," socialite Kalpana Tickoo, who attended the July 8 function, wrote in a local newspaper.[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"People were letting their hair down, unmindful of their surroundings. Once the cruise reached Char Chinari (a small island in the Dal Lake), it came to a halt… This time, the youngsters took charge of the music and what followed was absolute bonhomie. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"And before I forget to mention, it was a pleasure to watch the Grand Mufti of J&K, Mufti Azam Bashirud- din Ahmad, listening appreciatively, with rapt attention to the musical treat with a smile on his face," she wrote.[/font][/color]
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Grand Mufti Bashiruddin Sharia court also decreed that the state government must involve it in the management of missionary schools[/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Mufti was sitting with former director of Doordarshan, Shahzadi Simon. The function, where some women from Pakistan were also present, ended at midnight. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In February, the grand mufti had decreed against the Valley's only allgirls band, Pragaash, saying music was banned in Islam and girls should imbibe "better values" instead of vices. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"All bad things happening in Indian society are because of music," he had said. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The fatwa had forced the girls to disband Pragaash. Bashir-ud-din is not new to controversies. In January last year, the Sharia court headed by him ordered expulsion of three Christian missionaries from the Valley on charges of proselytism. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He issued a fatwa directing the three priests - M C Khanna, Jim Borst and Gayoor Messah - to leave the Valley immediately. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mufti's Sharia court also decreed that the state government must involve it in the management of missionary schools. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The matter died down after separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani supported the missionaries and their schools. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In September 2012, a controversial anti-Islam film surfaced in America and Europe and Mufti got a chance to hit out at the US. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He asked Americans to leave Kashmir and urged people to register their protest against the blasphemous film and "attack US citizens if they are seen anywhere in the Valley". [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]This led an alarmed US Embassy in New Delhi to ask its citizens to stay away from Kashmir. Geelani again stepped in and rejected Mufti's call. [/font][/color]
[color=#000000][font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Miffed over the cleric's shenanigans, human rights lawyer Pervez Imroz is planning to file a petition in the High Court challenging the legality of the court of Islamic Sharia headed by Bashir-ud-din.[/font][/color][/size]

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