MMU rejects Waqf Board move to prescribe Friday sermons
Jammu, Oct. 13 -- Share Tweet Share Srinagar, Oct 13 (KNS): The Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema Jammu and Kashmir (MMU), an amalgam of leading religious and socio-religious organisations headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, on Tuesday strongly opposed the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board's reported move to introduce uniform Friday sermons in mosques, saying any attempt to regulate religious discourse would be unacceptable. In a statement issued here, the MMU expressed serious concern over reports that the Waqf Board was considering prescribing common themes for Friday sermons, asserting that religious guidance remained the exclusive domain of Ulema, Imams and recognised religious institutions. The amalgam said even the suggestion that a statutory body coul...
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