Srinagar, Sept 26: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said he was once again barred from offering congregational prayers at Srinagar’s Jama Masjid.
“Just informed by the police that today again, for the third consecutive Friday, I have been placed under house arrest and will not be allowed to go to Jama Masjid,” Mirwaiz posted on X.
Calling the repeated restrictions an “assault on basic rights,” the chief cleric of Kashmir said, “What law sanctions such curbs and turns worship into a crime? Week after week, authorities lock me inside my home, curb my freedom, and prevent me from fulfilling my religious duties, with no accountability.”
He further said those responsible for holding authorities to account “either dare not or bother not to question them.”
“Strongly condemn these repeated curbs and the authorities’ contempt for human rights and people’s sentiment,” Mirwaiz added. (PTI)
