Mirwaiz Umar Farooq claims he is under house arrest, was prevented from offering Friday prayers

Mirwaiz lashed out at the authorities for what he said was ‘trampling’ on his religious rights.

“ Yet again, this Friday put under house arrest and barred from offering prayers at Jama Masjid. It is both heartbreaking and outrageous that authorities continue to trample on my basic religious rights — at their will,” Mirwaiz said in a post on microblogging platform X.

A resolution formulated by Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU), a representative body of religious organisations and scholars headed by Mirwaiz, was read out in mosques, shrines and imambaras across J&K.

According to MMU leaders, they were not allowed to hold a meeting regarding the Waqf Amendment Act.