When Mirwaiz Echoes Modi’s ‘Not An Era Of War’ Call In Srinagar, Know J&K Is Changing

Hurriyat Conference chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq during Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid, in Srinagar, on September 22, 2023, the day he was released from house arrest four years after being taken into detention in the wake of abrogation of Article 370.

So much focus has been put on faraway Canada in the last couple of weeks that most did not focus on what was happening right inside our country, inside what we call an “integral part of India” – Kashmir. After four long years, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq stepped out of his Srinagar home in his bullet-proof white SUV car and drove to the historic Jamia Masjid amid loud cries of “Allahu Akbar”. But from the pulpit of Jamia mosque,