Ruling regime suffering from myopic vision syndrome: Hurriyat (M)

Srinagar, Jan 05: Expressing serious resentment over the continuous house detention of Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and barring him from addressing the Fridaycongregation at the historic Jamia Masjid on the first Friday of year 2018, the amalgam said the ruling regime is suffering from myopic vision syndrome and is interfering in religious affairs and playing with the sentiments of Muslims.
In a statement issued, the spokesman said the ruling regime has already curtailed the social and political activities of Mirwaiz by caging him in his own house time and again and now it is barring him to fulfilling the obligations of a Mirwaiz, which includes to delivering of sermons on Fridays at the historic Jamia Masjid.
The spokesman termed the frequent caging of Mirwaiz and thereby disallowing him from carrying out religious duties as a direct interference into the religious affairs and termed the move as highly condemnable.
He said that it was ironical that just at the onset of Year, 2018, the government resorted to unfair means of barring Mirwaiz from addressing the religious gathering on the first Friday of the year, resulting the hurting of sentiments of thousands of Muslims who were waiting at the grand masjid.
He said that tall claims of the government that peace has started prevailing in Kashmir stand punctured with the fact that the Hurriyat chairman remains caged in his own house without any justification.
The spokesman said the fact remains that the government by resorting to authoritarian attitude itself is responsible for creating an atmosphere of fear as there is no scope for the peaceful activities.
He said that by using the military might and dictatorial approach, government can’t muzzle the genuine struggle which has priceless sacrifices at its back and neither can be the resistance leadership be bullied by such tactics.
Meanwhile, addressing the Friday gathering, Imam Hai, Syed Ahmed Naqshbandi condemned the government’s decision of barring the Mirwaiz from reaching Jamia and addressing the gathering at the spiritual centre of Kashmir, the Jamia Masjid.