photo exhibition on HR abuses organised

Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Dawood (RA) observed
Friday, 02 May 2008
photo exhibition on HR abuses organised
ALIYA BASHIR
SRINAGAR, May 1: To observe the Urs of Hazrat Sheikh Dawood (RA), special prayers and the photo exhibition
depicting human rights violations were held at Batamaloo on Thursday.
The Urs is also celebrated at Satoora Tral and Habbakadal.
Thousands of people including women from different parts of city thronged the shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Dawood (RA) at
Batamaloo. They offered Zuhar prayers in the shrine and prayed for return of peace in the region.
In past, Muslims and Hindus living in the Batamaloo and its adjoining areas used to celebrate the Urs with traditional
fervour.
The Batamaloo residents usually cook vegetarian food during the Urs days. “We do not cook meat for five days.
We usually cook Nadru (lotus stumps), palak (spinch) and eggs,” said Fahmeeda, a house wife .
She added, “We invite our relatives to share the cuisine with us on the Urs day.”
Joint secretary of Jamati-awal, Ajaz Ahmed said “Sheikh Dawood abstained from luxury and did not eat meat
during his lifetime”
Hazrat Sheikh Dawood (RA) during his period took recourse to cultivation of land. He utilized the produce by organizing
community kitchen (langer), feeding needy and hungry without taking any offerings. For this reason, he is known as Bote
Mol.
There was lot of hustle bustle in the Batamloo area on Thursday with young children enjoying the swings.
Meanwhile, senior separatist leader, Shakeel Ahmad Bakshi had organised a photo-exhibition in the area to depict
human rights violations.
Talking to Rising Kashmir Bakshi said, “The aim of organising photo exhibition is show people different phases of
resistance movement from 1947 to 2008. This is meant to make youth remember the history of the martyrs, who were
killed brutally in different massacres”.
In the photo exhibition, there were some exclusive pictures of children, entitled “child lost and vanish”. The
exhibition had separate sections for women and youth. The exhibition had pictures on topic, “Labours special
1886”. In 1886, dozens of persons were drowned after Dogra troops fired on protesting weavers near Zaaldagar
Srinagar.
The photo exhibition attracted lot of people, who saw the pictures with keenness. “I got a feel of my past,”
said a youth, Aijaz Ahmad.
Rising Kashmir, Daily Newspaper, Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir
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