{"id":343130,"date":"2023-04-19T05:29:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=343130"},"modified":"2023-04-20T08:37:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T14:07:52","slug":"prayers-allowed-at-srinagars-grand-mosque-first-time-since-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/prayers-allowed-at-srinagars-grand-mosque-first-time-since-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers allowed at Srinagar\u2019s Grand Mosque, first time since 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"864\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Shab-e-Qadr-prayers-were-allowed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-343131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/04\/Shab-e-Qadr-prayers-were-allowed.jpg 864w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/04\/Shab-e-Qadr-prayers-were-allowed-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/04\/Shab-e-Qadr-prayers-were-allowed-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/04\/Shab-e-Qadr-prayers-were-allowed-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/04\/Shab-e-Qadr-prayers-were-allowed-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/04\/Shab-e-Qadr-prayers-were-allowed-696x483.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2023\/04\/Shab-e-Qadr-prayers-were-allowed-605x420.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar : For the first time since 2019, Shab-e-Qadr prayers were allowed at the 14th-century Grand Mosque in downtown Srinagar. on Monday night<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslims in the Kashmir valley observed the holy night of Shab-e-Qadr with religious fervour as they gathered at mosques and shrines for prayers and Quran recitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, the authorities barred prayers for Shab-e-Barat, another religious festival, at the grand mosque, which added to the significance of the Shab-e-Qadr event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hazratbal Shrine saw the biggest congregation. Devout Muslims also gathered at Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area, Dast-e-Geer Sahib, and Sayed Yaqoob Shah shrines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preachers and religious scholars took the opportunity to highlight the teachings of Islam and various aspects of the life of the Prophet Mohammad, urging Muslims to follow the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslims worldwide observe night-long prayers on the 26th night of Ramzan to celebrate the first revelation of the Holy Quran to Prophet Mohammad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The festivities come as the fasting month of Ramzan is about to end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar : For the first time since 2019, Shab-e-Qadr prayers were allowed at the 14th-century Grand Mosque in downtown Srinagar. on Monday night Muslims in the Kashmir valley observed the holy night of Shab-e-Qadr with religious fervour as they gathered at mosques and shrines for prayers and Quran recitation. Last month, the authorities barred prayers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":343131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[16549,15686,16550,16010],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343130"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343134,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343130\/revisions\/343134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/343131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}