The An­ju­man Sun­nat ul Ja­maat As­so­ci­a­tion (AS­JA) has moved to dis­tance it­self from claims by Imam Kaz­im Ali that Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young’s in­ter­ac­tions with fe­male mem­bers of the Is­lam­ic faith on Mon­day dur­ing the Eid cel­e­bra­tions in San Fer­nan­do, were un­eth­i­cal and dis­re­spect­ful.

Ali, who is the chair­man of the Imams Coun­cil and al­so a mem­ber of AS­JA, yes­ter­day is­sued a voice mes­sage con­demn­ing what he claimed was, “The bla­tant dis­re­spect for Is­lam­ic rules re­lat­ed to in­ter­ac­tions and touch­ing of Mus­lim women and men who are strangers showed by PM Stu­art Young and Kam­la (Per­sad-Bisses­sar) yes­ter­day. It is a dis­grace to think PNM and UNC feels Mus­lims are fools and can be ma­nip­u­lat­ed. “There are no de­cent Mus­lim politi­cians on both sides and we will silent­ly tell our mem­ber­ship to not vote (sic) Kam­la and her LGBTQIA’s and stay far from Stu­art Young’s dis­re­spect for the Is­lam­ic com­mu­ni­ty.”

Re­spond­ing to the voice note which was cir­cu­lat­ed via What­sApp with the ac­com­pa­ny­ing text, act­ing AS­JA Pres­i­dent, Imam Ahamad Ho­sein stressed, “That is not the view of the en­tire AS­JA mem­ber­ship.”