#MirwaizUmarFarooq Archives

Freed after four years, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq reaffirms Hurriyat’s commitment to peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue

September 24, 2023 Editor

The Mirwaiz criticised the reading down of Article 370 saying it was an assault on Kashmiri identity, adding harsh and unilateral decisions of disempowerment were taken by the administration. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, made his first public appearance following his release and reiterated the separatist amalgam’s stance on the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue. He emphasized the necessity for dialogue and peaceful means to resolve the long-standing conflict. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also highlighted the people of Kashmir’s commitment to peaceful coexistence among different…

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s house arrest: High Court issues notice to J&K administration

September 17, 2023 Editor

Court gives four weeks’ time to the administration to file its response The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday issued a notice to the Manoj Sinha led administration seeking its response on a petition filed by Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq over his house arrest since August 2019. Mirwaiz’s lawyer, Nazir Ahmad Ronga said the court has given four weeks’ time to the administration to file its response, PTI reported. The Hurriyat leader filed a writ petition in the high court “seeking an order, or direction upon the…

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Under House Arrest for 210th Consecutive Friday, Calls for Release Grow Louder

September 2, 2023 Editor

The prolonged house detention of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a prominent religious figure, has sparked concern and calls for his release. Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar expressed deep dissatisfaction with the authorities for keeping him under house arrest for over four years. In an official statement, the Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid emphasized that today marks the 210th consecutive Friday that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has been denied the opportunity to perform his vital religious duties, such as offering Friday prayers and delivering sermons. The statement further lamented that due to his extended…

Mirwaiz seeks clarity on detention status, to send legal notice

August 19, 2023 Editor

Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said that Mirwaiz e Kashmir Mohammed Umar Farooq was again disallowed from addressing and offering obligatory Friday prayers for the consecutive 208th Friday at Jama Masjid today. As per a statement, Anjuman said that the news was rife on social media since today morning that Mirwaiz might be allowed to come to Jama Masjid, after LG sahabs interview to a news channel where he said that “I have made up his mind … he ( Mirwaiz) will also offer Friday prayers at Jama Masjid“, people reached…

Shutdown tomorrow to protest the mass arrest, censorship and any tampering with article 35-A: Joint Resistance Leadership

February 23, 2019February 23, 2019 Editor

The joint resistance leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik on Saturday called for shutdown tomorrow to protest the mass arrest, censorship and any tampering with article 35-A. In a statement issued here the leadership said that the arbitrary arrest of JKLF chairman Yasin Malik and the “mass crackdown and illegal detention” of more than 150 Jamat e Islami cadre and leadership including its Ameer Abdul Hamid Fayaz last night in nocturnal raids across the valley looks to be not only part of the…

GoI needs to pay heed to ‘Clear Message’: Joint Resistance Leadership

October 15, 2018 Editor

Joint Resistance Leadership on Saturday said that people once again rejected the “forcibly thrust, sham and futile exercise of so called election” as there was a near total boycott of it. “People see this delusive cosmetic attempt as another assault on them and hence are resisting it tooth and nail,” said JRL comprising of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik in a statement issued here. JRL said “it’s time government of India pay heed to the clear message emanating from the rejection of these elections by…