SRINAGAR: Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid has announced that its president and Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir, Mohammad Umar Farooq, has once again been placed under house arrest at his residence Friday morning, the Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar said.
In a statement, the Auqaf said that authorities have prevented him from addressing the faithful at Jama Masjid in Srinagar and from offering obligatory Friday prayers.
Expressing deep dismay at the repeated house detention of Mirwaiz, especially on the important occasion of Friday prayers, when thousands of people from the valley gather at the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar to listen to his enlightening sermon, Anjuman said the people get disappointed upon seeing the empty pulpit.
Auqaf has urged the authorities to refrain from repeatedly and “arbitrarily” detaining Mirwaiz, saying such actions cause distress to Muslims of the valley.

KR Desk