APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who has been placed under house arrest since Thursday, while expressing his anger and dismay over the imposition of severe restrictions and undeclared curfew in many parts of Srinagar city besides barring the devotees to offer Friday prayers at Historic Jamia Masjid has termed it “dictatorial and anti people”.
Mirwaiz, whose political, religious and social activities have been restricted by the government by placing him under house arrest, stated that by forcibly restricting the Muslim devotees to offer prayers at the biggest religious center of Kashmir – Jamia Masjid- in order to conduct few government organized ceremonies in connection with India’s Independence day, the government has played with the religious sentiments of Kashmiris. He stated that on the pretext of maintaining so called peace and security, the government stopped people from offering Nimaaz which has hurt the feeling of the Muslims of Kashmir and which reflects the dictatorial attitude of the ruling dispensation.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
APHC Chairman said it is contrary to the established democratic values that a country on one the hand has usurped the freedom and rights of Self determination of Kashmiris and on the other hand it claims to be democratic thus suppressing the people of Kashmir and their birthright by force. He stated that Kashmiris were tolerating the oppression and suppression since decades.
Meanwhile, Hurriyat spokesman has strongly condemned the house arrest of Mirwaiz and imposing restrictions on him to prevent from offering Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid, placing senior Hurriyat leaders Moulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari, Moulana Masroor Abbas Ansari under house arrest, and arrest of Er. Hilal Ahmad war and lodging him in police station besides imposing strict curfew and restrictions in Srinagar city thus turning Kashmir into a police state.