Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 25: Chairman JK People’s Democratic Front (JKPDF) and former minister Hakeem Mohd Yaseen has called for revocation of ban, imposed by Muslim Waqf Board on offerings made by devotees to small time `Mujavirs’ and Peer Baba’s at various Muslim shrines across Jammu and Kashmir.
He said tradition of `Nazar- w- Niyaz’ and offerings to local Mutwalis and Mujavirs at shrines was centuries old adding that the equilibrium of traditional Reshi ecosystem should not be disturbed unnecessarily.
In a statement issued here Yaseen said that the tradition of offerings made by devotees to Mujavirs at shrines was a voluntary act associated to their faith and satisfaction adding that Waqf Board should immediately revoke it’s controversial decision to ban the practice. He said the Mujavirs at various shrines are acting as guides for devotees there.
“Instead of axing the Mujavirs and Mutwalis on offerings made by devotees, Waqf Board should work on increasing revenue by properly harnessing all other sources of income and curtailing it’s wasteful expenditures, ” Yaseen said adding that one of the most significant drains on the revenue of the Waqf Board is the vast recruitment made by the board at various times on the instruction of men in power .
He said another significant source is rent from the immobile properties for the Waqf which has been fixed many years before and never revised . He said Waqf Board should raise funds to create infrastructure on the Waqf’s vacant lands.
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