Kashmir: Jammu Kashmir Public Diplomacy Head and a senior leader of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, Quayyum Raja has strongly condemned a brutal terrorist attack in Iran that has killed about a hundred innocent civilians and injured many more during the fourth ceremony of the assassination of internationally renowned General Qassem Soleimani.
Speaking from his home district, Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Raja termed the gruesome attack as a cowardly act by the enemies of peace and unity of Muslims. He said there are certain powers in the world who live off war without which they can’t sell their weapons. Raja has urged the Muslim rulers to unite themselves to protect their region from outside interference or people may rise to replace them with an alternative leadership.
He added that unless the Muslims unite to bring about a balance of international power, their people and region will never be safe.
Quayyum Raja's full official name is Abdul Quayyum Raja, but the British press shortened his name when he was arrested in connection with an Indian diplomat kidnapped by his fellow KASHMIRIS in Birmingham in 1984 to save the life of a Kashmiri Hero Muhammad Maqbool Butt hanged by India and buried inside Tihar jail on 11 February 1984. Quayyum Raja is from Azad Jammu Kashmir administered by Pakistan. He acquired various qualifications from EU and UK, including a Master in Psychology & Social Sciences, Journalism and Modern World History. He supports both Pan Islam and Pluralism, which may sound a contradiction, but he claims he can draw a balance. Quayyum Raja spent about 22 years in British jail extra-juducially as a Kashmiri political prisoner. He was released by the European Court of Human Rights on 17 May 2005. He has travelled extensively both before his captivity and after his release.
