Srinagar, Oct. 17 -- More than 70 major Friday congregations across Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh participated in a common Friday sermon initiative launched by the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU), bringing together Ulema from different Islamic schools of thought around the theme of Imaan (faith).
The MMU had recently opposed the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board's proposal to introduce uniform Friday sermons across mosques and shrines in the union Territory,The MMU - headed by Kashmir's chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq- said that sermons were delivered on Friday across the Kashmir Valley's 10 districts, parts of Jammu division, including Rajouri, Poonch, Udhampur and the Chenab Valley, as well as Kargil, Drass and Leh in Ladakh.
According to an MMU,...