Kashmir’s small Christian community is in a state of panic. A fortnight ago, a self-styled sharia court issued a fatwa calling for the expulsion of three Christian priests from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) for “luring the Valley’s Muslims to Christianity”.
The decree by the Islamic court, which has come in the wake of alleged conversion of a handful of Kashmiri Muslims to Christianity, has opened up a new conflict in this strife-torn Indian state.
From the article:
“The Valley could have a strong connection to Christianity. There is a theory that that Rozabal shrine in Srinagar is in fact the final resting place of Jesus Christ, a claim that is strongly contested by both Christian and Muslim believers. The revival of this debate a couple of years ago drew a stream of curious Westerners to the Valley, raising the hackles of some Muslim clerics.”
Apparently neither the writer nor the “curious Westerners” knows much about Scripture or Christianity.