The News Minute | December 17, 2014 | 9.00 pm ISTA sharia court in Kashmir on Thursday issued a fatwa on three Christian priests to leave the state for “luring the valley Muslims to Christianity.”Controversy arose over conversion of few Muslim youths to Christianity after being allegedly lured by M.C. Khanna of All Saints Church in Srinagar. There was also a video clip that showed a youth being converted which spread in the valley. The events made Mufti Bashir-ud-Din, the Mufti Azam of Kashmir summoned the pastor for an explanation, Times of India reported.“Punjabi M C Khanna, Dutch national, Jim Borst, and Gayoor Messah were directed to leave the valley forthwith for their involvement in the conversions in the valley. However, the case against the principal of Tyndale Biscoe school Parvez Sameul Koul is under investigation and judgment will be announced in due course of time," the Naib (deputy) Mufti Nasir said.The sharia court, apart from asking the priests to leave, has also asked the J&K government to involve itself in the management of Christian missionary schools and has also said that Kashmiri educationists should take part in management. The sharia court also directed the school to allot a class for Islamia studies.