Srinagar, April 9 -- Authorities on Wednesday barred the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) - Jammu and Kashmir's largest religious representative body - from holding a scheduled meeting to discuss the contentious Waqf Act.
There was no official response from the administration on the decision.
The MMU, led by Kashmir's chief cleric and Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, had planned to convene a meeting of religious leaders from across Jammu & Kashmir, including Ladakh, Kargil, and the Jammu region, to deliberate on the implications of the recently passed Bill.
According to a statement from the office of Mirwaiz, authorities informed them that the meeting, scheduled at his Nigeen residence, would not be allowed to take place.
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