Srinagar, Sept 26 (KNS): Mirwaiz Kashmir Umar Farooq on Friday said that he has once again been placed under house arrest, preventing him from offering prayers at Srinagar’s historic Jama Masjid.
In a post on social media platform X, the Mirwaiz said this was the third consecutive Friday he was barred from leaving his residence.
“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. What law, if laws govern us, sanctions such an assault on basic rights and turns worship into a crime?” he wrote.
He alleged that the authorities continue to confine him inside his home “at their whim and will,” curbing his freedom and preventing him from fulfilling his religious duties.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
“With no accountability for this authoritarian behaviour, week after week, on Fridays or any day they decide, the authorities lock me inside my home. And all those whose duty it is to hold the authorities to account either dare not or bother not to question them,” the Mirwaiz said.
The religious leader condemned the repeated restrictions and accused the authorities of showing “contempt for human rights and people’s sentiments.”(KNS).