New Delhi, Oct. 16 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary M A Baby has strongly criticised the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board's reported move to introduce uniform Friday sermons in mosques, with their content subject to prior approval by its core committee, describing the proposal as an infringement of the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion.
In a post on social media platform X, Baby said Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution safeguard the freedom to profess, practise and propagate religion and protect the right of religious denominations to manage their own affairs in matters of religion.
He argued that the government had no right to interfere in religious practices unless the exercise of these freedoms viola...