Srinagar, March 31 -- This is in response to "Tabligh & Covid-19: Where Have We Gone Wrong?" by Dr Afroz Ahmad Shah which I read in Kashmir Observer. It appears the author seems to have done no research on the subject but has only reproduced the views of Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, a Pakistan based journalist who calls himself a progressive and moderate Muslim and often writes for the cause of weaker sections of Pakistani society like Ahmadia community etc. The author has outrightly blamed Tablighi Jama'at for spread the disease in the Muslim world.

It appears to be part of the wishful and well calculated Islamophobia campaign, which has been there from last so many years. Such interests have been responsible for the widespread myths against...