{"id":351296,"date":"2024-11-30T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T12:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=351296"},"modified":"2024-11-30T07:07:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T12:37:19","slug":"kashmirs-mirwaiz-expresses-concern-over-surveys-of-muslim-religious-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/kashmirs-mirwaiz-expresses-concern-over-surveys-of-muslim-religious-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Kashmir\u2019s Mirwaiz expresses concern over surveys of Muslim religious places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"595\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/11\/Kashmirs-Mirwaiz-expresses-concern-over-surveys-of-Muslim-religious-places-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-351297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/11\/Kashmirs-Mirwaiz-expresses-concern-over-surveys-of-Muslim-religious-places-2.jpg 595w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/11\/Kashmirs-Mirwaiz-expresses-concern-over-surveys-of-Muslim-religious-places-2-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference Chairman and Kashmir\u2019s chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has expressed serious concern over the surveys of religious places in India, calling it a deeply troubling issue for Muslims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at the Friday congregation at Srinagar&#8217;s Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz alleged a deliberate pattern in these actions, citing recent examples such as the surveys of the 500-year-old Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh, the Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan, and the ongoing Gyanvapi Mosque case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFive Muslim youth were killed during the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, ordered by a court. Now, similar orders have been issued for the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a shrine revered globally,\u201d he said, adding that such measures remind Muslims of the Babri Masjid controversy, which ended with its demolition and court verdicts favoring majority claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mirwaiz emphasized that such actions hurt the sentiments of millions of Muslims and contradict the secular principles enshrined in India\u2019s Constitution and the Places of Worship Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese surveys, supported by judicial and government directives, pose a grave threat to religious harmony. If this trend continues, the responsibility for any public backlash will lie solely with the authorities,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also raised concerns over the Waqf Amendment Act, which he said has alarmed Muslims across India and Jammu &amp; Kashmir. The Muttaheda Majlis-e-Ulema (United Council of Islamic Scholars), a coalition of Muslim religious organizations, led by Mirwaiz has requested a meeting with the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mirwaiz called for immediate intervention to curb this trend, cautioning that it could have far-reaching consequences for communal harmony in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: Moderate Hurriyat Conference Chairman and Kashmir\u2019s chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has expressed serious concern over the surveys of religious places in India, calling it a deeply troubling issue for Muslims. Speaking at the Friday congregation at Srinagar&#8217;s Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz alleged a deliberate pattern in these actions, citing recent examples such as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":351297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[16181,17365,17175,18930,18931],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351296"}],"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=351296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351299,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351296\/revisions\/351299"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/351297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}