Srinagar, May 8 -- While addressing the Friday congregation at Jama Masjid Srinagar, Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr. Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq said that the banning of Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom under the stringent UAPA is a serious matter, stroking the apprehension among people that our religious identity, and educational institutions being run by trusts and local committees are being targeted, besides ruining the future of hundreds of students studying there.

Referring to the protests on this yesterday , Mirwaiz said that the dare by students and their parents to protest in these times, shows the urgency and deep distress it is causing to them.

He said that those at the helm should understand that if they are not seeing open resentment to such move...