The authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have again placed senior APHC leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest, today, and prevented him from offering congregational Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, today. 

According to Kashmir Media Service, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq delivers the Friday sermon at the Jamia Masjid, however, the New Delhi-installed IIOJK administration led by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha placed him under detention at his Nigeen residence in Srinagar. 

Anjuman Auqaf of Jamia Masjid, Srinagar, in a statement strongly condemned the continued and arbitrary house detention of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for the fourth consecutive Friday today, preventing him from performing his religious and public duties at the historic Jamia Masjid.

It said the repeated restrictions imposed on Mirwaiz are unjust and appear to be aimed not only at silencing his voice on vital issues of Muslims but also at weakening the central religious institutions of the Valley—most notably the Jamia Masjid. It also urged all civil society groups, human rights bodies, and justice-seeking individuals to raise their voice against the ongoing injustice.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)