Srinagar: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was barred from offering congregational Friday prayers at the historic grand mosque for the third consecutive week today.
In a statement, the Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said keeping Mirwaiz under house arrest at his Nigeen residence deeply hurts the sentiments of people who come to Jama Masjid every week to listen to his sermons.
The Auqaf regretted that the LG administration, “through these arbitrary measures continuously disregards and disrespects the religious sentiments and emotions of the people”.
Such measures also amount to interference in the religious affairs of Muslims, which is highly condemnable, reads the statement.
