Srinagar, Aug 5 (KNS): Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar today expressed a strong reaction, saying that authorities did not allow the outside (main) doors of the Jama Masjid to be opened on the important occasion of Friday,
Along with repeated restrictions on Friday prayers in the Jama Masjid, it has been three years since the continuous detention of the Anjuman head and Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq Sahab from August 2019, the statement said, adding that due to the three-year-long illegal and arbitrary detention of Mirwaiz , the mimbar-o-mihraab (pulpit) of Jama Masjid, which used to reverberate with the Dawah Wa Tableegh of Qaal Allah Wa Qaala Rasool (SAW), continues to remain silent. This is a matter of concern and pain for the people of Kashmir, Anjuman Auqaf said, adding that such undemocratic acts are seriously hurting the sentiments of Kashmiris.
The Anjuman referring to the authorities said that there is a limit to everything. They should stop repeated restrictions on Friday prayers and immediately and unconditionally release Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir so that he can perform his centuries-old duties of religious enlightenment and social and moral guidance that the Institution of Mirwaiz enjoins upon him.(KNS)