Curbs in Kashmir as protests break out in Shia-dominated areas

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that city’s Grand Mosque Jamia Masjid was again locked by the administration.

“On the last Friday of holy Ramzan, when tens of thousands gather from towns and villages for prayers and supplication at the historic Jama Masjid Srinagar, its gates have once again been locked from all sides,” Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said in a post on X.

He said it was the seventh consecutive year, “the rulers have denied permission to Muslims to pray here”.