Srinagar, Sep 23: Hurriyat (M) Friday said for the 11th consecutive Fridays, people have been stopped from offering congregational Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid Srinagar while the coalition government breaking all records of curbs on religious practices and obligations continued to place curfew, restrictions and curbs to stop people from offering prayers at most major Masjids, Khanqahs, shrines and Imam Barahs.
In a statement issued to KNS, the Hurriyat (M) said that during the Friday congregations Imams and Khateebs of local mosques and shrines across the valley strongly condemned the government for incarcerating the Mirwaiz of the state, a highly respected and revered institution by all Muslims and called it an assault on their religious identity.
They said detaining Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was also preventing him from fulfilling his from religious duties and obligation as the Mirwaiz which is regrettable.
The spokesman said following the Friday prayers, people staged peaceful marches to protest the imposition of curbs on religious practices of Kashmiri Muslims, oppression and suppression, killings and injuries, arrest spree and ransacking of residential houses and ruthless beating up of people by the Indian forces
Hurriyat (M) spokesman said that a big protest march was held at Kawdara area of Shehar-e-Khas in which a large number of people participated and raised pro-Islam and pro-Azadi slogans, against killings against arrest of the Mirwaiz, and other resistance leaders and against the arbitrary arrest of thousands of youth across the valley
Earlier, Hurriyat member and senior leader of Jammu Kashmir Awami Action Committee (AAC), Muhammad Yaqoob Masoodi addressed theFriday congregational gathering at the local masjid at Kawdara.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelApprising the people regarding the current ongoing uprising he strongly condemned the continuous arrest of the APHC Chairman and other resistance leaders, demanding their immediate release and said it was time for the ruling class to ponder what it had attained by heavily cracking down on the people for the past two-and-a-half months except that such atrocities had further strengthened the people's resolve to achieve their goal.
Urging Government of India not to waste further time and respond to Pakistan Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif’s suggestion of resolving the Kashmir issue, he said New Delhi needs to take meaningful initiatives to ensure that not only Jammu Kashmir, India and Pakistan, but people of the entire region are saved from the dangerous consequences of war.
The spokesman also condemned the use of excessive force and pellet guns on peaceful protest marches in Bandipora, Chrar-e-Sharief, Pampore, Kokernag and other areas in which scores of youth were injured grievously. (KNS)