Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
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Mehbooba urges religious leaders in Kashmir to pray for Pahalgam victims
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Friday appealed to religious leaders in Kashmir to remember the Pahalgam attack victims in their prayers, saying everyone should raise their hands together as one community to…
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claims house arrest amid Waqf Act row
Srinagar: Senior separatist and religious leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday, alleged that authorities had placed him under house arrest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, thereby preventing him from delivering his weekly…
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J&K: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq placed under house arrest on Eid
Srinagar: Senior religious and political leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Monday that authorities placed him under house arrest and also disallowed congregational Eid prayer at Jama Masjid and Eidgah in Jammu…
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J&K: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemns ban on Shab e Qadr prayers
Srinagar: The chief priest of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Thursday condemned the authorities’ decision to disallow Shab-e-Qadr prayers at the historic Jama Masjid in old Srinagar city. In a post on…
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Hurriyat chief placed under house arrest, barred from congregational Friday prayers
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Friday placed under house arrest and not allowed to offer the congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid here, officials said. Mirwaiz, who is Kashmir’s…
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Shab-e-Baraat observed in Kashmir, no night prayers at Jama Masjid
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has described as “unfortunate” the security establishment’s decision to seal Srinagar’s historic Jama Masjid on Shab-e-Baraat, one of the holiest nights in the Islamic calendar that was…
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Kashmiris want Pandits to return: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
New Delhi: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday said that the Muslims of Kashmir Valley want the Kashmiri Pandits to return, while emphasising that the issue is a humanitarian one…
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Kashmiri religious leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to brief JPC on Waqf Bill
Srinagar: The joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 on Friday will hear the views and suggestions of Kashmiri senior religious leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on the proposed Bill.…
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Put under house arrest, prevented from offering congregational prayers: Hurriyat chief
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday claimed that he was put under house arrest and prevented from offering congregational prayers at the Jama Masjid. This is the second consecutive…
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J&K’s Mirwaiz criticizes dismissals of employees linked to terror allegations
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday asked the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir to take measures to stop the “injustice” of dismissing employees over alleged terror links and…
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‘Time to heal wounds of past’: Mirwaiz Umar calls for return of Pandits to Kashmir
The chairman of the Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in his recent speech has called upon the Kashmiri Pandit community to return to Kashmir, stating that their motherland waits for them. The…
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq placed under house arrest in J&K
Srinagar: Senior separatist leader and Chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest on Friday, Anjuman-e-Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar said in a statement. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq traditionally offers Friday prayers…
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Hope govt will rethink policy on releasing J&K political prisoners, says Mirwaiz
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday, May 31, expressed hope that the government would rethink its policy on the release of political prisoners by adopting a “humane approach” and…
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Hurriyat Conference condemns ‘restrictions on religious observances’
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday condemned “restrictions on religious observances” in Jammu and Kashmir after the authorities barred the congregational prayers on Jumatul Vida and Eid at the…
- Kashmir
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq seeks release of Kashmiri political prisoners during Ramzan
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday urged authorities to release Kashmiri political prisoners lodged in jails in the Union Territory and across the country as a gesture of goodwill…
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