“Before Joining Militancy, He returned 60 Rupees, he owed to His Grandfather-” Rayees Laid to Rest in Pulwama
March 26
On a Sunny day in June in the year 2016, Shahbaz Shafi joined a new generation of militants educated and influenced by the teachings of Islam, in the graveyards of Pulwama in south Kashmir.
His family has no regrets and feels proud of his martyrdom.
Popularly known as Rayees Kaczroo, a resident of Bellow area of Rajpora in South Kashmir's Pulwama, Shahbaz had left home for Friday prayers and never returned.
His father is a shopkeeper and said that Shahbaz was committed to his ideology even at a young age and knew his goal very well.
"In the evenings he used to sit with me and discuss a host of issues – political, social, religious, and environmental,” recalled the father.
He said his son would often talk of the repression faced by Muslim Ummah in general and Kashmi...