Srinagar, March 21 -- In his first public address following the ban on the Awami Action Committee (AAC), Kashmir's chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Friday called for its immediate revocation, emphasising that the AAC stands for peace, dialogue, and social reform.
Last Friday, Mirwaiz, who is also the Hurriyat Conference chairman, was placed under house arrest and barred from offering Friday prayers at Srinagar's Jamia mosque.
While addressing the first Friday congregation at Jamia after the ban, Mirwaiz said it is a known fact that AAC has always advocated the politics of outreach, dialogue and resolution.
"How can those that advocate dialogue be subversive or anti? Dialogue in itself means seeking solutions and resolving disagreeme...