'Dove' Shah falls prey to militants; in Kashmir-GCIC condemns attack on Moulavi ShwkatShah
Written by: Global Council of Indian Christians
Srinagar, Apr 8 -Militants today killed a prominent religious leader Moulvi Showkat Ahmad Shah, a liberal voice who had denounced stone-pelting and was engaged with Centre's interlocutors, by triggering an IED attack near a mosque here after a lull, drawing condemnation from separatists and political leaders.
The chief of Jamiat-e-Ahlihadith, 55-year-old Shah, who survived two bids on his life earlier, was seriously injured as militants detonated at around 12.30 PM the bomb planted in a cycle outside the mosque ahead of Friday prayers in Maisuma area adjacent to Lal Chowk, striking in the heart of Srinagar.
The last militant killing in the area had taken place in August 2009 when a CRPF jawan died in an attack.
A vocal opponent of violence, Shah, who had termed last year's stonepelting protests as un-Islamic, was declared brought dead in a hospital, police said.
Reprinted with permission from Global Council of Indian Christians
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