Srinagar, June 10, 2022 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, senior leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has strongly condemned the repeated closure of Jamia Masjid Srinagar for Friday prayers by the authorities.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is under illegal house detention since August 05, 2019, in a statement in Srinagar said, anti-Kashmir and anti-Muslim measures are a trademark of the Modi regime.

He said hurting the sentiments of Muslims across the world, including IIOJK, to appease their constituencies across India, the BJP leaders are using derogatory language against Islam and the holy Prophet (PBUH).

“In their harshness towards Muslims they do even allow us to raise our voice against such bigotry and hatred that causes us so much pain, so they lock down our mosques, especially the Jamia Masjid,” he deplored.

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq denounced the derogatory remarks made against Islam and holy Prophet (PBUH), which is a sickness that has afflicted the hearts of these bigots. “We strongly believe in respect and reverence for all religions and religious figures, a fact borne out by peaceful coexistence of people of this land for centuries,” he added.

He said people are reeling under severe repression and intimidation day in and out, and leadership jailed and gagged and all channels of communication with people blocked, no local newspaper and news agency or social media is allowed to even carry our statements.

As part of the policy of shooting the messenger, another local journalist, Shabbir Tantray of Caravan magazine, is being harassed and haunted by authorities for reporting the truth, he lamented.

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