Auqaf Jama Masjid decries continued house detention of Mirwaiz on Fridays

Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar denounced the continuous house detention of its head and Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir, Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq by the authorities for the third consecutive Friday. the Auqaf said that the administration imposes arbitrary and unjustified restrictions on the religious functioning of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir.

In a statement, the Anjuman lamented that in such bitter cold , thousands of devoted men, women, children and physically challenged persons from various parts of the valley gather at the historic Central Jama Masjid Srinagar to listen to the sermon of their beloved leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. However, the authorities’ action of keeping him under house arrest at his Nigeen residence deeply hurts the sentiments of these devotees and deprives them of their religious freedoms

The Auqaf lamented that the LG Administration , through these arbitrary measures continuously disregard and disrespect the religious sentiments and emotions of the people.
Such measures also amount to interference in religious affairs of Muslims which is highly condemnable, it added.