Stop treating all Kashmiris as suspects: Omar Abdullah after Delhi terror attack

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah condemned the Delhi terror attack while warning against treating Kashmiri Muslims as a collective suspect. In an interview with India Today, Abdullah called the assault “unforgivable” and urged investigators to pursue the perpetrators, but said the wider Kashmiri community must not be made responsible for the actions of a “minuscule minority.”

“I mean, no words of condemnation will be enough to condemn an attack that takes so many innocent civilian lives,” Abdullah said, adding that “no religion justifies using violence against innocent people.” He said those responsible “either for political or for religious purposes” do not understand the politics or the faith they claim to represent.

At the same time, Abdullah warned that such incidents should not be used to paint an entire community with a broad brush. “The entire Jammu and Kashmir and the entire Kashmir community is not radicalised,” he said, asking why Kashmiri Muslims repeatedly have to prove their patriotism after every attack. “Stop treating all of us as suspects,” he urged.

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