Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday said the Jammu and Kashmir police had prevented a meeting of religious leaders at his residence in Srinagar. The meeting had been called by the Muttahida Majlis Ulema (MMU) to discuss the Waqf Act.
Calling it unjust to “deny religious representatives the right to peacefully deliberate”, Mirwaiz said a resolution on the Waqf Act will be drafted and read out in all mosques and religious congregations on Friday. The MMU also extended its support to the All Indian Muslim Personal Law Board’s fight against the Act.
On Wednesday, the MMU, an amalgamation of religious organisations in the Valley headed by Mirwaz, called a meeting to discuss the fallout of the Act, but a police team was deployed outside Mirwaiz’s residence, the meeting venue.
“Important MMU meet regarding the recent Wakf Amendment Act was not allowed to take place at my residence by authorities,” Mirwaiz posted on X. “Religious representatives of J&K, including from Ladakh, Kargil and Jammu, had reached the Valley to attend this meet today.”
“It is strange that even a discussion to deliberate on this serious issue and respond peacefully by Muslim scholars and religious institutes in this Muslim majority region is barred,” he said. “When every political party could freely express their views on this issue in the Indian Parliament, this right should be extended to the Muslim political and religious representatives of J&K also.”
“MMU has decided that the joint resolution on this matter prepared in consultation with all members will be read out in mosques and at all religious congregations coming Friday,” Mirwaiz said.
On Monday, Mirwaiz had slammed the J&K Assembly Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather’s decision to disallow an adjournment motion seeking discussion on the Act.
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