Srinagar, March 28 -- Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday condemned the authorities' decision to disallow Shab-e-Qadr prayers at the historic Jama Masjid in old Srinagar city.
In a post on X, Mirwaiz claimed that the authorities have conveyed to the Auqaf Jama Masjid, the managing body of the historic mosque, that there will be no night-long prayers there in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday.
"Conveyed to Auqaf by authorities, that on the highly revered night of LailaTul Qadr when Muslims around the world supplicate and seek Allah's forgiveness throughout the holy and blessed night, central #JamaMasjid Srinagar will be closed to the people and no shab or prayers will be allowed there.
"It is extremely regrettable and condemnable t...