Kashmir Muslim leader says "Muslims all over the world have problem with Israel" and claims that Israel intends to occupy Kashmir

These paranoid fantasies would be amusing if they weren't lethal for Jews the world over. "Kashmir separatist: All Muslims have problem with Israel," by Imi Ginsburg for Ynet News, July 12 (thanks to Lachlan):

The leader of Muslim separatists in Kashmir has called on the government to prevent Israelis from entering the region due to the Jewish state's "aggressive policy against the Palestinians," Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday.
In response to the Kashmir Tourism Department's decision to send a delegation to Tel Aviv in a bid to woo Israeli tourists to the region, the leader of the separatist Hurriyat party, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said Friday that "although we welcome guests and visitors, we cannot accept agents of the Israeli intelligence agencies visiting Kashmir in the garb of tourists."

The leader claimed the flow of Israeli tourists and the road show in Tel Aviv are part of a plot to occupy Kashmir.

During a sermon at the Grand Mosque of Srinagar, he said, "How can the government invite Israelis, when they are expressly anti-Muslim and anti-Islam?"

"The government should explain why it's encouraging Israelis to visit Kashmir. Muslims all over the world have problem with Israel due to its aggressive policy towards Palestine," Farooq said, adding that there "definitely is some ulterior motive behind encouraging Israelis to visit the Valley."

According to the Southeast Asian News Agency, Farooq asked the state government to "come clean" on why the mission was sent to Israel.

He also said Israeli is bringing Jews from all over the world not only to settle them in “Palestinian territory” but also to occupy Jammu-Kashmir tourist areas.

Another Muslim separatist group made headlines recently when it demanded that tourists visiting Kashmir dress modestly so as not to offend local Muslims.

About a year ago the Foreign Ministry advised Israelis not to visit Kashmir due to the violence involving separatists and security forces, but the region has experienced a tourism boom since the beginning of the year after the fighting appeared to have subsided.

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gravenimage | July 12, 2012 9:11 AM | Reply

Kashmir Muslim leader says "Muslims all over the world have problem with Israel" and claims that Israel intends to occupy Kashmir
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I see the ridiculous and paranoid Mirwaiz Umar Farooq is going the conspiracy theory that Israel wants to expand from "the Nile to the Euphrates" one better. What an idiot.

The leader claimed the flow of Israeli tourists and the road show in Tel Aviv are part of a plot to occupy Kashmir...

He also said Israeli is bringing Jews from all over the world not only to settle them in “Palestinian territory” but also to occupy Jammu-Kashmir tourist areas.
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Do these morons even realize how stupid they sound? Then again, rational Westerners are hardly their intended audience...

These paranoid fantasies would be amusing if they weren't lethal for Jews the world over.
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Well, that's the problem, isn't it? These fantasies are ludicrous, but they *are not* benign.

Softly Bob | July 12, 2012 10:32 AM | Reply

Paranoia to the point of clinical insanity.
Firstly, why the f**k would Israel want Kashmir? They have enough trouble defending Israel without occupying some mountain wilderness bordering yet another nation that despises them (Pakistan). There's nothing there, not even any oil!
Secondly, why would Jews, who are persecuted even in so-called free nations, even want to go to tourist areas in volatile places like Kashmir? Muslims must think that Jews are as stupid as they are!
There has to be something wrong with Muslims beyond just a general tendency towards violence.
I mean, these are serious mental issues!!

Lakshmanan | July 12, 2012 10:46 AM | Reply

If it is true that Israelis plan to occupy Kashmir, on behalf of majority of Hindu Indians, I welcome them with a request. Please bring Pak occupied Kashmir as well under your control. Our politicians are capable of swindling public money only. so, take over the entire stretch of Kashmir.

Jaladhi replied to comment from Softly Bob | July 12, 2012 11:08 AM | Reply

Following Quran and Mo/allah, all Muslims become mentally sick, delusional and paranoid!! This evident from their actions and rantings - doesn't matter the Muslims is from Kashmir or Timbaktu or Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Mali Somalia or Ujbekistan. They are all mental cases without a shred of any sanity.

Infidel | July 12, 2012 11:41 AM | Reply

Actually, Muslims not only want to Islamize Kashmir - they want to resurrect the Moghul empire and make it one, under a Pakistan-like government or the Moghul empire - whichever is achieveable. This is less of a conspiracy theory than the above story, since 'liberating India from infidels' is in the charter of SIMI (Students Islamic Movement of India), just like the Hamas charter has it to clear all of Israel of Jews.

Vluk Vluk | July 12, 2012 12:52 PM | Reply

Islam is anti West yet the West does not ban Muslims from traveling to Western countries or even living in them. I wonder how Muslims would feel if the West started treating them the same way they treat Jews and Israel?

mike ryan | July 12, 2012 1:07 PM | Reply

It's a rite of passage for many young Israelis to travel to Kashmir and other parts of India when they get out of the compulsory military service.

mike ryan replied to comment from Infidel | July 12, 2012 1:15 PM | Reply

Just as the Nazis used anti-Semitic lies to solidify their grip over the German nation and to scramble the brains of those nations they came to dominate and sap their will to resistance, arguing that "the Jews" sought universal domination over and destruction of non-Jews, Muslims are doing the same thing now.

What's the common thread running through Islam and National Socialism? Both are supremacist movements that openly broadcast their desire to dominate humanity.

Islamic anti-Semitic rants about "Jewish desire" to conquer the world are pure projection.

George | July 12, 2012 1:53 PM | Reply

"Muslims all over the world have problem with Israel..."

Nice try, spooky Farooqi, but no cigar.

PEOPLE all over the world have a problem with MUSLIMS.

Blow that little truth up your bloomers, Mirwaiz...

BlueRaven | July 12, 2012 2:29 PM | Reply

"Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said Friday that "although we welcome guests and visitors, we cannot accept agents of the Israeli intelligence agencies visiting Kashmir in the garb of tourists.""

If anyone says Islam is a religion and that it is a religion of peace, they are either lying or they are clueless about Islam. There is no doubt there are lots of peaceful Muslims, that is due to nature and it has absolutely nothing to do with Islam, because Islam demand to hate non-Muslims - that much is plain and simple.

Kashmir is one of the places that I love to visit one of these days because I heard lot of good things about that piece of real-estate - except the few separatists morons the rest of the people are suppose to be A OK.

The separatists are funded by the Pakistani Government - I guess no surprises there.

Wellington | July 12, 2012 4:43 PM | Reply

Islam and the paranoid mentality should never be separated from one another. Count on it.

gravenimage replied to comment from George | July 12, 2012 6:38 PM | Reply

George wrote:

"Muslims all over the world have problem with Israel..."

Nice try, spooky Farooqi, but no cigar.

PEOPLE all over the world have a problem with MUSLIMS.
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So true, George.

It is astonishing how many conflicts around the world are Jihad aggression: the "Palestinian" (and beyond) Jihad against Israel; the Pakistani Jihad against India in Kashmir; the Chechen Jihad against Russia; the Jihad against Christians and animists in Nigeria; the Jihad by "Islamists" against less pious Muslims in Mali; the "street" Jihad against Europeans by their immigrant Muslim populations; the terrorism Jihad against the West; Jihad against India, both by Pakistanis and by its own Muslim minority; Jihad against Hindus and Christians in Pakistan itself; Sunni Jihad against Shi'ites in Iraq; Jihad against Christians, animists, and even ethnically black Muslims in Sudan; Jihad by the Taliban in Afghanistan against Western troops, women, and minorities; the "Arab Spring" Jihad against the more "liberal" or "secular" elements there; The Jihad against—well—other Jihadists in Somalia.

I could go on and on—and on—but is it really necessary?

In contrast, the number of serious conflicts that *do not* involve Muslims can largely be counted on the fingers of one hand: Sri Lanka, Congo, Burma, "Narco-terrorism" in Mexico—perhaps one or two other cases.

You're right: PEOPLE all over the world have a problem with MUSLIMS.

desidude replied to comment from Lakshmanan | July 12, 2012 9:38 PM | Reply

I second that request. I wish we can magically transform these islamic goober brains into Isrealis. How splendid would that be? kashmir would become a real Switzerland of the east as we Indians originally wanted it to be.

Wintergreen000 | July 13, 2012 3:26 AM | Reply

I think the interviewer should have asked him if he was on his medications still. Or perhaps, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq should be asked if he had intended to take over the Ka'aba at the time he performed the the Hajj. Rather than simply rolling one's eyes at the comments such characters make, they should be confronted. Islam has never received a sufficient amount of ridicule during its existence.

Option61c | July 13, 2012 4:58 AM | Reply

Lemme check my pocket copy of the Protocols...Nope, nothing about kashmir. You may continue with your civil unrest.

dumbledoresarmy | July 13, 2012 9:15 PM | Reply

As the Sudetendeutsch to the Third Reich, so the Muslims of Kashmir, to the global Ummah, or Mohammedan Mob, represented nearest at hand by Pakistani Muslims.

As the Sudetendeutsch to the Third Reich, so the Muslims in Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem, to the global Ummah, or Mohammedan Mob, represented nearest at hand by Arab and Persian and Turkish Muslims.

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