Be peace-loving citizens: banned JeI’s leader tells cadres
The Hindu
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An internal note circulated by a senior leader of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) in the Kashmir valley has asked its cadres to be “peace-loving citizens” and “obey the law of the land”. JeI has faced multiple raids by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) since August.
“Hope all cadres belonging to the JeI, before the ban, obey the law of the land as peace-loving citizens, giving chance to the law enforcing agencies to take any action against them,” the note, accessed by The Hindu, reads.
It also stated: “The Jamaat before the ban was not involved in any illegal or unlawful activity whatsoever. It was a socio-religious organisation working since the Partition. It has always respected the law of the land as an organisation,” the note reads.