Srinagar, March 8 -- Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said that its president Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq was today allowed to offer Friday prayers at Jama Masjid Srinagar for the fourth time after his release from house detention in September 2023 and for first time since October 6th 2023.

Anjuman in a statement issued to KNS said the authorities informed them about their decision in the forenoon today, which was conveyed to Mirwaiz and as soon as people came to know about it there was enthusiasm around and they gathered in huge numbers in the mosque.

During his address Mirwaiz as per the statement said that repeated restrictions to prevent him from coming to Jama Masjid is very sad and painful to him and he knows that it also causes great g...