Motivation and persuasion yield good results. Geelani said Islam does allow to punish those who violate its norms and principles. Denying any rift in Hurriyat Conference, Geelani accused the Centre of creating confusion in the 23-party alliance by arresting a selected section of Hurriyat leaders. There are no differences among Hurriyat leaders. However, he said there were ideological differences in Hurriyat.
Some leaders are secular while others are pro-Islamic.
The government has launched a well-thought campaign to arrest a section of the leaders and activists of Hurriyat conference in order to create confusion in the ranks of Hurriyat. He said all leaders of the alliance were moderates and were struggling for right of self-determination to the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Nobody in Hurriyat carries gun who can be dubbed as hardcore or hardliner, he said. Taking strong exception to being called a hardliner, Geelani said it is the labels showered on Kashmiri people by the government. In reply to question whether Hurriyat has discussed the proposal for participating in the elections in view of the meeting some NGOS had with the hurriyat leaders recently, he said the talk of elections has not come at the executive council level so far.