Geelani reluctant to recognize ISIS rule as caliphate

Srinagar: Raising questions about the moral legitimacy of the ISIS leader Abubakar Al-Baghdadi, Chairman of Huriyat Conference G Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday said that his amalgam would adopt a wait and watch policy over the establishment of Islamic State in Iraq and the announcement of the Islamic Caliph.

In an interview to a local monthly Geelani said that his amalgam is yet to take final call over the reports of Islamic State in Iraq and the declaration of Al- Baghdadi as the Caliph. Nothing can be said about this situation yet. We have to see whether those persons who claim to have established the caliphate in Iraq are that much qualified or not. We must understand that if anyone declares himself as an Islamic caliph meets those requirements? We as Muslims know the glorious period of four pious caliphs of Islam in the past. It has to be ascertained whether the present order meets the past or not.

Geelani said: As far as our stand is concerned, we will watch the situation in Iraq and then react. We want to see do they meet the requirements of the caliphate establishment?

Geealni said that he is ready to accept Kashmirs independent status if the same is not under the purview of Indian constitution. Our stand is clear. We want India to fulfill its promises it made to the people of Kashmir in the United Nations. If the same are not implemented, then the dialogue over the issue is conditional. India, Pakistan and resistance leadership of Kashmir must sit together and this exercise should be done under the purview of United Nations or any third friendly country. And later by consensus, if Independent status of Kashmir emerges as a solution, we are ready to accept that also. But at the same time, any solution is not acceptable to Kashmir that would be under the purview of Indian constitution.

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