# What does Mufti Abu Layth think the solution for Kashmir is? *The Kashmir issue: a militarised zone unlike Gaza, and independence for part of Kashmir* - URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/m6r6pnmtg0w/s/7/ - Date: 2021-05-17 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Israel's war crimes, UAE ties & possible solutions? (full context) | Mufti Abu Layth (22:27–25:08) - Status: latest answer on its topic; general teaching - Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6R6PNmTG0w&t=1347s - Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/m6r6pnmtg0w/ **Topics:** Pakistan; India and Hindutva; Middle East and the wider world **Question as asked:** Mufti, what about the Kashmir issue? **Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Independence for at least part of Kashmir, such as the valley, from both India and Pakistan, with buffers so Pakistan is not exposed, though he does not expect it to happen. Kashmir differs from Gaza in being a militarised zone rather than a bombarded prison, and India would not pay to relocate anyone. **Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says that Kashmir, unlike Gaza, is a heavily militarised zone, that India would not pay to relocate its people, and that the ideal solution would be independence for part of Kashmir, such as the valley, with buffers kept so that Pakistan is not left vulnerable, though he expects none of it to happen. **Evidence, his words at 23:12:** “ideally for the kashmir issue i would see this is what i ideally opt for is that kashmir could just become independent” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6R6PNmTG0w&t=1392s) ## Longer summary Asked about Kashmir, Mufti Abu Layth says relocation would be fine there too if it were an option, but Kashmir differs: Gaza is a cut-off prison that is bombarded, whereas Kashmir has an overkill military presence that torments residents by its very existence because it sees them as different. He does not think India would ever relocate people comfortably, calling its government cheap, though it would happily tell them to get lost, which is not what he proposed for the Palestinians, where he believes a paid deal could be brokered. Ideally he would opt for Kashmir to become independent of both Pakistan and India, perhaps only a certain part such as the valley, to which whoever wished could move, since Pakistan would never give up all of it without becoming too vulnerable near Islamabad, so buffers would have to be kept. He says these things will never happen but wishes they would. ## Transcript (machine tier, 22:27–25:08) [21:55] like i don't think he would be happy with that uh and now i've heard from my sources that he's not happy with the decision either cool right all right let's uh mufti what about the kashmir issue yeah i feel that look the kashmir issue similarly if that is an option um if it is an option that they were to relocate them all then fine you know but then personally i would say that it's slightly different i would see some differences [22:35] because you see the difference with the kashmir issue is it's a heavily militarized zone it's not a um it's not exactly like for like because what you have is in gaza it's not a militarized zone it's just a cut off kind of prison which they just keep bombarding in kashmir it's more that there's a military an overkill military presence who then just by their very existence will torment the the the kind of residents because they see them as different so the question here is india [23:12] wouldn't really in my understanding ever be up for as far as i'm aware to kind of relocate all those kind of people comfortably i don't think they ever would because india is indian government is like a cheap government they would never consider that yeah they might just kick the man tell them get lost they'd be happy to do that but i wasn't saying that for the palestinians just tell them get lost i was saying that i'm pretty sure they could broker a deal where they would happily pay because i'm sure they would be happy to pay so yeah but ideally for the kashmir issue i would see this is what i ideally opt for is that [23:52] kashmir could just become independent um so as in not part of pakistan not part of india just independent that i think would be the solution um and i think um i think it could be done if what they did is in the kashmir issue they you see a certain part of kashmir maybe not all of it certain part of it they gave it independence now whoever wants to be a part of that could then move to that part it could work like that i think because they would never give up the [24:31] whole of it because then it would make pakistan too vulnerable because obviously if they gave up the whole of kashmir um if pakistan gave it pakistan would never give it up because then it would be a problem to it'd be too close to islamabad and if it got infiltrated by india they would be too close so if they kept maintained buffers and just gave a certain region like the valley and certain parts they made that independent and some other parts i'm not too you know whatever they can but these things would never happen but i wish they would right ## Cite Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment M6R6PNmTG0w/s/7. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/m6r6pnmtg0w/s/7/ Not a fatwa: these answers were given to specific people at specific times. 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