Srinagar, March 28 -- After disallowing night long prayers on Shab-e-Qadr, Srinagar's historic Jamia mosque remained closed for Ramadan's last Friday prayers, the chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said.
Mirwaiz said that he has also been placed under house detention.
"After Shab-e-Qadr, Jama Masjid Srinagar continues to remain closed to people and I under house detention, even today on Juma-Tul-Vida, when lakhs of people eagerly await the whole year to offer congregational prayers on this blessed Friday for great reward and blessing from Allah," Mirwaiz said on X while sharing pics of videos of shut grand mosque.
He further questioned the repeated restrictions on religious practices in Kashmir.
" Want to ask the authorities why is this m...