Kashmiri leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has strongly opposed the Indian government’s proposed amendments to Waqf of Muslim endowment laws. Farooq warned changes would “disempower” Muslims, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir. He criticized the amendments as direct interference in religious matters. After protests by opposition parties, the bill has ...
SRINAGAR, Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Dozens of people broke down when Kashmiri pro-freedom and religious leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq ascended the pulpit of the medieval Jamia Masjid in Srinagar to deliver his first Friday sermon as a free man after four years of house detention. The 50-year-old Farooq also sobbed as he […]...
