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After 7 Fridays, Mirwaiz delivers sermon at Jamia Masjid

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 4/29/2017 10:09:09 AM

SRINAGAR, Apr 28: After a break of seven Fridays, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairman Hurriyat Conference (M) today delivered the sermon at Jamia Masjid here.
In the recent past, he could not do so since he was under house arrest. He was released from house arrest some days back and today he delivered the sermon.
Later addressing the people, he termed the ongoing movement as spontaneous and embedded in the collective consciousness of the people of this land. Mirwaz said it is time that the leadership of India recognizes this fact and confronts the reality in an imaginative way rather than taking refuge in the often repeated self deceptive statements and phraseology.
Mirwaiz in his address said, “Spontaneous mass student protests and agitation across the valley clearly bring out that every section and segment of the Kashmir society is actively connected with the sentiment which has got embedded in our collective consciousness as a nation and drives us especially our youth to break free from the yoke of occupation.” He said, “Extreme state repression in all forms further pushes the people to resist and Stand up against it, despite fatal consequences for them.”
Hurriyat (M) chairman stated that as all space for freedom of expression gets more and more constricted rather choked, students hitting the streets was imminent. “The state has to understand that it cannot control the situation by resorting to brute force. It has to change its prohibitory mindset and allow students to reclaim their space for activism and freedom of expression in college and university campuses, as is the norm world over,” he said.
Mirwaiz said keeping leadership in jails or under house detention for months or for years has proved futile in "containing” the problem as it is a pan Kashmir people's political struggle and not confined to any particular section, that it can be isolated and curbed by force.