SRINAGAR — Separatist and Jamia Masjid chief priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Friday in the lead-up to assembly polls placed under house arrest and not allowed to deliver his sermon on Friday, the leader said. Castigating his house detention, Mirwaiz expressed apprehensions that he may be detained till the end of the elections, which […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday expressed concerns over the proposed amendments to the Waqf Act, describing those as “interference in religious matters” and alleged that the government was using Muslims as “polarising agents for electoral purposes”. Addressing the Friday congregation at the historic Jamia Masjid here, he said the introduction […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat chairman and Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on July 19 sought the intervention of judges of the J&K and Ladakh High Court into a series of arrests of lawyers in the past month, in the wake of erstwhile J&K High Court Bar Association’s plans to hold internal elections. “If lawyers are […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Tuesday visited the Bohri Kadal area of Srinagar to express solidarity with the fire affected families and also with the management of the historic Bazar Masjid that was turned into ashes in the devastating blaze. Mirwaiz hailed the administration and police role and called for collective efforts […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman and Jamia Masjid chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Friday placed under house arrest and barred from offering congregational prayers at the mosque here, its managing body said. In a statement, Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar, the managing body of the grand mosque located in Nowhatta area of the […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday expressed hope that the government would rethink its policy on the release of political prisoners by adopting a “humane approach” and showing some leniency. Farooq was allowed to offer Friday congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid here after four weeks. Speaking to reporters after the […]
SRINAGAR — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Wednesday said reports claiming that ACB Srinagar has filed an “instant” FIR against him and his kin in the land allotment case of his residence in Nigeen by the custodian department is an attempt to malign his image. In a statement, issued to the news agency Kashmir News Observer, […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-graft body of Jammu & Kashmir Police has booked Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and a serving senior bureaucrat among seven people for allegedly encroaching Custodian land in convenience with revenue officials in summer capital Srinagar. According to an FIR copy accessed by Srinagar-based news gathering agency Kashmir Dot Com a preliminary enquiry of […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was allegedly barred from offering the congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid here on Friday as he “continued to remain under house arrest”, the managing body of the mosque said. Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid alleged that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been placed under house arrest since May […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities prevented Mirwaiz Umar Farooq from addressing the Friday prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar and placed him under house arrest. Mirwaiz, who was scheduled to address the congregation at the mosque, was placed under house arrest by the authorities. In a statement here, Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid, the managing […]