The caretaker body of Srinagar’s historic Jamia Masjid, Anjuman Auqaf, on Monday accused the Lieutenant Governor’s administration of disallowing nightlong prayers on the religious occasion of Shab-e-Baraat.
“Once again the gates of Jama Masjid, Srinagar, were forcibly closed by the authorities on the auspicious occasion of Shab-e-Baraat. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq [Kashmir’s chief cleric] was put under house arrest and disallowed congregational prayers and nightlong prayers,” a spokesman of the Auqaf said.
Condemning the authorities’ action, the spokesman said these are auspicious days, as per the Islamic calendar, “when mosques are reverberating with prayers and religious ceremonies”.
