Kashmiri leaders strongly condemned attack on Sikh temple in UK.

ISLAMABAD -- The Kashmiris from across the Line of Control (LoC) and the world over including senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference leader and Tehreek-e-Hurriyet Jammu and Kashmir Chairman Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai have strongly condemned an attack on a Sikh temple in the United Kingdom and have expressed solidarity with the Sikh community.

According to reporter, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai in a statement issued in Srinagar while condemning the incident that took place at Guru Arjun Dev Ji Gurdwara in Derby, UK, said that the incident was also painful because the Sikh nation had always championed the just cause of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference Chairman, Shabbir Ahmed Dar in a statement also expressed deep shock and anguish over the cowardly and criminal act against the gurdwara saying the purpose of the act was to create disharmony between Muslims and Sikh brothers.

Jammu and Kashmir Youth Social Forum Chairman, Umar Adil Dar in a statement condemned the vandalism at Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara in Derby describing it as an individual act. He demanded thorough investigation of the inhuman act. He lauded the support of the Sikh community to the Kashmir cause.

Kashmir Tehreek khawateen Chairperson Zamurda Habib in a statement issued in Srinagar while denouncing the attack stressed the need for Sikh-Muslim unity to thwart the evil designs of the common enemy. Hurriyat leaders Yasmeen Raja,Firdous Ahmad Shah and Khawaja Firduus in their statements also denounced the sacrilegious act.

Khawaja Firdous termed the act as an artifact of Indian intelligence agencies to take revenge from the Sikh community for supporting the Kashmir cause.

The Jammu Kashmir People's Movement (JKPM) Chairman, Mir Shahid Saleem in a statement in Jammu said the way Sikh community has come forward in support of the Kashmiri people and other oppressed communities of the world is not being tolerated by the Indian agencies and they are hell-bent on creating wedge between Sikhs and Kashmiri Muslims. However he said these kinds of tactics are not going to deter the sikh community from standing with the oppressed people of Kashmir. He also demanded strict action against the perpetrators of the crime and unmasking real culprits behind the act.

Tehreek-e-Wahdat-e-Islami, in a statement issued in Srinagar, while strongly condemning the attack on Arjan Dev Gurdwara in Derby, UK causing huge damage to the Sikh worship place, said such despicable...