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One-minute silence for Pahalgam terror attack victim’s observed at Kashmir’s Jamia Masjid

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is head preacher of the Jamia Masjid, condemned the killing of innocent tourists in Baisaran, Pahalgam

Mirwaiz said as per the Islamic calendar, it is the 36th martyrdom anniversary of his father Mirwaiz Molvi Mohammad Farooq and seventy others who lost their lives on this tragic day. (File)

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Published on Apr 26, 2025 09:58 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemns Pahalgam attack, calls It ‘totally unacceptable’

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the people present in the mosque observed a minute's silence before the prayers to show solidarity with the affected families.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the leader of the Hurriyat Conference, denounced the Pahalgam attack for being a

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Published on Apr 25, 2025 09:50 PM IST

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Put under house arrest ahead of Friday prayers yet again: Mirwaiz

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq lashed out at the authorities for what he said was ‘trampling’ on his religious rights

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Published on Apr 12, 2025 07:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

Put under house arrest, prevented from offering Friday prayers: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

The Mirwaiz, who lives in the city’s Nigeen area, also posted a copy of a resolution formulated by the Mutahida Majlis Ulema (MMU) -- an amalgam of several religious bodies -- against the Waqf Amendment Act.

Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is Kashmir’s chief cleric, delivers a sermon at the historic mosque in the Nowhatta locality of the city on Fridays, and was scheduled to do so today as well. (HT File)

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Published on Apr 11, 2025 03:06 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India, Srinagar

Mirwaiz calls Waqf bill ‘direct interference’ in religious affairs

MMU, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said the Waqf has historically played a vital role in serving the socio-religious needs of the Muslim community and was vital to its sustenance

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Published on Apr 04, 2025 09:06 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

‘Oppressive’: Mirwaiz alleges house arrest ahead of Eid prayers

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Eid prayers were not allowed at the Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar or the local Eidgah, posing questions over the claims of normalcy in Kashmir

Hurriyat chairperson and Jamia Masjid chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (HT File)

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Published on Mar 31, 2025 10:23 PM IST

ByMir Ehsan, Srinagar

Ahead of Eid prayers, Mirwaiz claims put under house arrest in Srinagar

Kashmir’s chief priest takes to social media to denounce govt’s decision to bar people from offering Eid prayers at Eidgah and Jama Masjid, questions ‘claims of normalcy’ .

Kashmir’s chief priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday denounced the decision of the authorities of not allowing Eid prayers at the Eidgah in Srinagar’s Old City. (HT file photo)

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Published on Mar 31, 2025 01:08 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

No intel shared by Centre on ban J&K based groups: Omar

Omar told reporters on the sidelines of winter games in Gulmarg that he isn’t aware on what basis this ban was imposed on these two groups

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Published on Mar 13, 2025 10:49 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

Mufti calls for healing touch, not muscular policy in Kashmir after AAC, IM ban

Mehbooba Mufti said the Centre's ban on AAC and IM could be an arm-twisting tactic. Kashmir now need a healing touch rather than a "muscular policy".

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti says people of Kashmir now need a healing touch rather than a

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Published on Mar 12, 2025 04:22 PM IST

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Centre bans Awami Action Committee, J&K Ittihadul Muslimeen for 5 years

The Union government’s move to ban the two religious organisations for five years has evoked sharp response from Mirwaiz and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti terming the decision as “undemocratic.”

The Awami Action Committee (AAC), headed by Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM), led by Shia leader Masroor Abbas Ansari, were on Tuesday banned by the Centre for their alleged anti-national activities, supporting terrorism and fuelling secessionist activities. (ANI File)

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Published on Mar 12, 2025 07:10 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

J&K govt denies funeral prayers for Mirwaiz’s father-in-law at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid

National Conference, PDP join Mirwaiz in condemning police restrictions ‘for use and display of force even in moments of grief’.

Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq condemned the Jammu and Kashmir’s decision to deny permission to conduct funeral prayers of his father-in-law at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Thursday. (PTI file photo)

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Published on Feb 27, 2025 04:20 PM IST

ByMir Ehsan

J&K: Omar faces backlash over Mirwaiz’s secuirty remark

J&K CM linked Mirwaiz’s increased security to declining separatist activities in UT; PDP leader Waheed Parra says singling out puts Mirwaiz at greater risk.

Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah chairs a pre-budget meeting with various departments ahead of the budget session of J&K legislative assembly at the civil secretariat in Jammu on Tuesday. (ANI)

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Published on Feb 26, 2025 06:54 AM IST

ByAshiq Hussain, Srinagar

Jamia Masjid in Srinagar closed on Shab-e-Baraat; CM Omar reacts sharply

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir's chief cleric, was placed under house arrest. People gathered at the mosque were asked to leave.

Muslim devotees gather to offer Friday prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar on April 8, 2022. (AFP FILE)

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Updated on Feb 14, 2025 12:36 PM IST

Written by Sohil Sehran

Mirwaiz condemns Kathua, Baramaulla deaths

APHC said that it is the responsibility of the authorities, including the elected representatives, to ensure that these crimes do not take place

All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (File)

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Published on Feb 08, 2025 06:36 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

NC leader Ruhullah Mehdi meets Mirwaiz in Delhi, discuss issues

The two discussed about a joint effort for the rejection of Waqf Amendment Bill inside and outside Parliament -legislatively and politically - by meeting important political players

National Conference (NC) Member of Parliament Ruhullah Mehdi. (File)

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Published on Jan 31, 2025 07:26 AM IST

ByAshiq Hussain, Srinagar

Kashmir: Proposed changes a threat to Waqf autonomy, says Mirwaiz

Mirwaiz led a delegation of MMU, a conglomerate of some 47 religious bodies and Islamic education institutions of J&K, that met Joint Parliamentary Committee on the proposed Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq speaks with mediapersons after attending a Joint Parliamentary Committee’s meeting in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI)

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Updated on Jan 25, 2025 07:02 AM IST

ByAshiq Hussain, Srinagar

Waqf JPC chaos: BJP's Jagdambika Pal claims ‘Kalyan Banerjee abused me’

The parliamentary committee meeting began on a contentious note, with opposition members arguing they were not given enough time to review draft legislation.

Jagdambika Pal Member of Parliament and Chairman, JPC on Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times))

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Updated on Jan 24, 2025 05:21 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq to discuss Waqf Bill concerns amid opposition reservations

Kashmir's Mirwaiz expresses reservations on Waqf Amendment Bill during parliamentary committee meeting.

The religious leader of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, will voice his concerns over the proposed legislation when he appears before the parliamentary panel on the Waqf Amendment Bill on Friday.(PTI)

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Published on Jan 24, 2025 12:02 PM IST

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Jammu and Kashmir: Mirwaiz seeks job reservation policy based on justice

Mirwaiz took to social networking site X to express his desire to join the protest of students against the reservation policy

Hurriyat leader and chief priest of Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (HT File)

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Updated on Dec 24, 2024 08:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

J&K: Mirwaiz put under house arrest, prevented from offering prayers for third consecutive Friday

Chief cleric of Jamia Masjid and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was barred from leaving his home at Nigeen in the afternoon to deliver the sermon at the grand mosque in old city Nawhatta

There was no word from the authorities on chief cleric of Jamia Masjid and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s allegation. (HT File)

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Updated on Dec 21, 2024 05:02 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

Hurriyat chief praises J&K police’s crackdown on drug peddlers

Hurriyat chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq thanked the J&K police for efforts to tackle drug menace, batted for public engagement

Hurriyat chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (File)

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Updated on Dec 03, 2024 09:00 AM IST

ByAshiq Hussain, Srinagar

Give us audience at earliest possible time, says Mirwaiz to Waqf panel

Muttaheda Majlis-e-Ulama(MMU) has once again reached out hoping for meeting to ensure that the community’s views are considered in revising the Waqf Act, 2024.

Moderate Hurriyat chairman and chief priest of Jamia Masjid in Srinagar Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (HT File)

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Updated on Nov 29, 2024 04:55 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

Mirwaiz bats for restarting cross-LoC bus service, trade

The demands come after PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, earlier this year, also sought the resumption of cross-LoC services, calling them the biggest Confidence-Building-Measures (CBMs) between India and Pakistan

Hurriyat leader and Jamia chief priest Masjid Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (File)

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Updated on Nov 19, 2024 08:06 AM IST

ByAshiq Hussain, Srinagar

Mirwaiz says Hurriyat ready to engage in dialogue with New Delhi

The assertion comes two days after Miwaiz had met other top leaders of the moderate faction of separatist Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019

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Updated on Oct 26, 2024 09:32 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

‘Break the ice’: Mirwaiz calls for constructive Indo-Pak dialogue at SCO meet

S Jaishankar's visit to Pakistan will be the first by an Indian foreign minister in nearly a decade, presenting a potential milestone for bilateral relations.

Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.(PTI)

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Updated on Oct 05, 2024 01:35 PM IST

BySohil Sehran

Mirwaiz rebuts Rajnath Singh’s remarks on Centre-Hurriyat talks

Mirwaiz said he wanted to set the record straight while responding to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statements in election rallies in Jammu

Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (File)

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Updated on Sep 10, 2024 07:30 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

Mirwaiz put under house arrest in lead-up to J&K assembly polls

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest before assembly polls, barring him from delivering Friday sermons, raising concerns over his detention's purpose.

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Updated on Sep 07, 2024 09:38 AM IST

ByAshiq Hussain, Srinagar

Eid gaiety takes over Valley, but no prayers at Jamia Masjid

Eid al-Adha celebrated peacefully in Kashmir, but prayers at historic sites restricted. Leaders like Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest. Festivities at Dargah Hazratbal.

Devotees offering prayers at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar on the occasion of Eid al-Adha. (Waseem Andrabi /HT)

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Updated on Jun 18, 2024 02:43 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

‘False, aimed to malign’, Mirwaiz on Srinagar land encroachment allegations

ACB had filed an FIR against Mirwaiz, a bureaucrat and four others in connection with allegations of encroaching evacuee land in connivance with revenue officials in Srinagar

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Updated on May 23, 2024 09:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

Mirwaiz, six others booked for ‘encroaching’ evacuee land in Srinagar

ACB has filed an FIR against Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and six others in connection with allegations of encroaching evacuee land in connivance with revenue officials in Srinagar

The custodian department as allegedly illegally allotted evacuee land without obtaining government sanction and without having open auction. (HT File (Representative image)R)

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Updated on May 22, 2024 09:48 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Srinagar

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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is head preacher of the Jamia Masjid, condemned the killing of innocent tourists in Baisaran, Pahalgam

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the people present in the mosque observed a minute's silence before the prayers to show solidarity with the affected families.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq lashed out at the authorities for what he said was ‘trampling’ on his religious rights

The Mirwaiz, who lives in the city’s Nigeen area, also posted a copy of a resolution formulated by the Mutahida Majlis Ulema (MMU) -- an amalgam of several religious bodies -- against the Waqf Amendment Act.

MMU, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said the Waqf has historically played a vital role in serving the socio-religious needs of the Muslim community and was vital to its sustenance

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Eid prayers were not allowed at the Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar or the local Eidgah, posing questions over the claims of normalcy in Kashmir

Kashmir’s chief priest takes to social media to denounce govt’s decision to bar people from offering Eid prayers at Eidgah and Jama Masjid, questions ‘claims of normalcy’ .

Omar told reporters on the sidelines of winter games in Gulmarg that he isn’t aware on what basis this ban was imposed on these two groups

Mehbooba Mufti said the Centre's ban on AAC and IM could be an arm-twisting tactic. Kashmir now need a healing touch rather than a "muscular policy".

The Union government’s move to ban the two religious organisations for five years has evoked sharp response from Mirwaiz and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti terming the decision as “undemocratic.”

National Conference, PDP join Mirwaiz in condemning police restrictions ‘for use and display of force even in moments of grief’.

J&K CM linked Mirwaiz’s increased security to declining separatist activities in UT; PDP leader Waheed Parra says singling out puts Mirwaiz at greater risk.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Kashmir's chief cleric, was placed under house arrest. People gathered at the mosque were asked to leave.

APHC said that it is the responsibility of the authorities, including the elected representatives, to ensure that these crimes do not take place

The two discussed about a joint effort for the rejection of Waqf Amendment Bill inside and outside Parliament -legislatively and politically - by meeting important political players

Mirwaiz led a delegation of MMU, a conglomerate of some 47 religious bodies and Islamic education institutions of J&K, that met Joint Parliamentary Committee on the proposed Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024.

The parliamentary committee meeting began on a contentious note, with opposition members arguing they were not given enough time to review draft legislation.

Kashmir's Mirwaiz expresses reservations on Waqf Amendment Bill during parliamentary committee meeting.

Mirwaiz took to social networking site X to express his desire to join the protest of students against the reservation policy

Chief cleric of Jamia Masjid and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was barred from leaving his home at Nigeen in the afternoon to deliver the sermon at the grand mosque in old city Nawhatta

Hurriyat chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq thanked the J&K police for efforts to tackle drug menace, batted for public engagement

Muttaheda Majlis-e-Ulama(MMU) has once again reached out hoping for meeting to ensure that the community’s views are considered in revising the Waqf Act, 2024.

The demands come after PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, earlier this year, also sought the resumption of cross-LoC services, calling them the biggest Confidence-Building-Measures (CBMs) between India and Pakistan

The assertion comes two days after Miwaiz had met other top leaders of the moderate faction of separatist Hurriyat Conference in Srinagar for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019

S Jaishankar's visit to Pakistan will be the first by an Indian foreign minister in nearly a decade, presenting a potential milestone for bilateral relations.

Mirwaiz said he wanted to set the record straight while responding to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s statements in election rallies in Jammu

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was placed under house arrest before assembly polls, barring him from delivering Friday sermons, raising concerns over his detention's purpose.

Eid al-Adha celebrated peacefully in Kashmir, but prayers at historic sites restricted. Leaders like Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest. Festivities at Dargah Hazratbal.

ACB had filed an FIR against Mirwaiz, a bureaucrat and four others in connection with allegations of encroaching evacuee land in connivance with revenue officials in Srinagar

ACB has filed an FIR against Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and six others in connection with allegations of encroaching evacuee land in connivance with revenue officials in Srinagar

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