Jehad declared against unislamic customs

CHITRAL, 03 March 2010: A seminar jointly organized by Sunni and Ismail leaders for the first time in Garam Chashma has called for Jehad against expensive Un-Islamic customs and habits.

Prominent leaders from both the Sunni and Ismaili communities including Dr.Tajik and Amir wali, Regional and local Ismaili council presidents and Khatib Jamia Mosque Garam Chashma addressed the seminar. Islamuddin Principal Pamir Degree College Garam Chashma, in his key note speech identified the areas where corrective measures were required.

Through resolutions at the end of the Seminar, both the communities decided to join hands to combat social evils, like drug abuse, wasteful expenditure and deviant behavior among the youth. Extravagant expenditures during marriage ceremonies and funeral rites shall be discouraged. No one shall host marriage party, involving dhol-damama, at night, which created temptations to use intoxicants by the young generation. The people were urged to offer collective condolences to bereaved families in mosques and Jamat khanas instead of personal visits which caused avoidable expenses to the already impoverished people.

The Seminar called for strict measures to combat cheating in exams, which was destroying quality of education in this competitive world. Unnecessary tournaments by money making and dubious societies were criticized and it was demanded that only official tournaments of one week’s duration should be allowed. The people were asked not to bail out drug dealers. Parents were asked not to demand money for the marriage of their daughters and should instead give them share in property. Underage marriages should be discouraged.

A Peace Committee was proposed to be established to strengthen communal harmony and cooperation to eradicate social evils through close coordination with local administration..  --( CN report)

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