SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Shia mourners for raising Hezbollah flags and slogans during 8th Muharram procession in the summer capital, Srinagar. Top sources told Kashmir Dot Com that the slogans were chanted and flags were raised as part of the traditional Muharram observance, which […]
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Thousands join 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Thousands of Shia Muslim mourners took out the eighth Muharram procession in Jammu & Kashmir’s Srinagar city on Monday. Authorities had permitted the event with the organisers assuring a peaceful and disciplined Muharram procession. A large number of Shia Muslim mourners joined the procession that started at Guru Bazaar and ends in the […]