Srinagar, Sep 22, KDC: Kashmir separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq released from house arrest after four years; to deliver Friday sermon at Jamia Masjid
Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid informed that senior police officials visited the residence of Mirwaiz yesterday to inform him that the authorities have decided to release him from house detention and allow him to go to Jamia Masjid for Friday prayers today.
“We have been communicated by authorities that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq will be allowed today to offer Friday congregational prayers at historic Jama Masjid, so accordingly we have been told to be prepared,” they said, reported news agency KNS.
Awami Action Committee and Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid had been urging the government to release Umar Farooq from house detention and allow him to carry out his routine religious duties.
On September 15, Jammu and Kashmir high court sought responses from the government over Mirwaiz’s plea regarding his detention since August 2019.
Two prominent religious clerics – Abdul Rashid Dawoodi and Mushtaq Ahmad Veeri were recently released from detention. The move has been widely hailed by political parties, civil society and general public. (KDC)
