{"id":95096,"date":"2019-11-11T16:50:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T23:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=95096"},"modified":"2019-11-11T16:50:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T23:50:09","slug":"an-open-letter-to-rizvi-moulavi-mufti-and-the-acju-do-not-lobby-votes-for-sajith-on-15th-november-friday-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/11\/11\/an-open-letter-to-rizvi-moulavi-mufti-and-the-acju-do-not-lobby-votes-for-sajith-on-15th-november-friday-sermon\/","title":{"rendered":"AN OPEN LETTER TO RIZVI MOULAVI (MUFTI) AND THE ACJU. DO NOT  LOBBY VOTES FOR SAJITH ON 15th., NOVEMBER FRIDAY SERMON."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em data-rich-text-format-boundary=\"true\">By Noor Nizam. Convener &#8211; &#8220;The Muslim Voice&#8221; &#8211; November 11th., 2019.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The\nMuslim Voice\u201d vehemently hopes and prays that the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama\nand it\u2019s members will STRICTLY\u201d follow point 07\u201d of the guidelines stipulated\nstatement issued please, Insha Allah, which they have published \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.lk\/...\/ACJU-issues-guidance-with...\/56-688638.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.ft.lk\/&#8230;\/ACJU-issues-guidance-with&#8230;\/56-688638.<\/a>&nbsp;Rizvi\nMufti and the ACJU should be &#8220;neutral&#8221; at the elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In\nthe last Presidential elections and general elections, though similar\nindications were made, The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama violated all election\nnorms and preached from the MIMBAR\u201d in all mosques to vote against the SLFP,\nMahinda Rajapaksa and the UPFA aggressively on the last Friday (Jumma prayers)\nbefore the polling day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2019\nPresidentail elections day is 16th., November which is&nbsp; a Saturday and\n15th., November is a FRIDAY. Muslims all over Sri Lanka will be attending their\nFriday (Jumma) prayers on that day. Rizvi Mufti (Moulavi) and the All Ceylon\nJamiyatul Ulama &#8211; ACJU comprising nearly 3500 moulavis\/KATEEBS around Sri Lanka\nshould make it a point that they will &#8220;NOT&#8221; use the\n&#8220;pulpit&#8221; (mimbar) of the mosques on Friday the 15th., 2019 to\nseek\/lobby for votes in support of Sijith Premadasa or his symbol the\n&#8220;hansaya&#8221; or against Gotabaya Rajapaksa or the Pottuwa\/SLPP. The\nMuslims should be allowed to vote according to their conscience without any\npressure or false promises from any quaters, Insha Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\nthe people, especially the Muslim Vote bank who love our MAATHROOBUMIYA\u201d\npatiently wait and see what The All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama and their\nMoulavis\u201d do on November 15th., Friday Jumma prayers, Insha Allah. If they\nattempt to break the Elections Law, the Election Commision or the police should\nbe immediately informed, Insha Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IT\nWILL BE GOOD FOR THE ALL CEYLON JAMIYYATHUL ULEMA AND THEIR MOULAVIS (not all\nMoulavis) NOT TO ACT DECEPTIVELY ON FRIDAY THE 15th., NOVEMBER 2019, Insha\nAllah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Noor Nizam. Convener &#8211; &#8220;The Muslim Voice&#8221; &#8211; November 11th., 2019. The Muslim Voice\u201d vehemently hopes and prays that the All Ceylon Jamiyyathul Ulama and it\u2019s members will STRICTLY\u201d follow point 07\u201d of the guidelines stipulated statement issued please, Insha Allah, which they have published \u2013&nbsp;http:\/\/www.ft.lk\/&#8230;\/ACJU-issues-guidance-with&#8230;\/56-688638.&nbsp;Rizvi Mufti and the ACJU should be &#8220;neutral&#8221; at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noor-nizam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95096\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}