Tag: Masjid

Srinagar, May 6: Apni Party leader Altaf Bukhari on Monday became the first mainstream politician in three decades to offer prayers inside Srinagar city’s historic Jamia Masjid, once a citadel of separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp   Accompanied by Apni Party candidate ...

SRINAGAR: Apni Party leader Altaf Bukhari on Monday became the first mainstream politician in three decades to offer prayers inside Srinagar city’s historic Jamia Masjid, once a citadel of separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir. Accompanied by Apni Party candidate for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Bukhari ...

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has voiced dismay over the authorities’ decision to prohibit observances of key religious events including Jumat-ul-Vida, Shab-e-Qadr, and Eid prayers at the Jama Masjid Srinagar. According to a statement, issued to KNS, Mirwaiz criticised the contradiction between the authorities’ optimistic public statements regarding the situation in ...

Srinagar: The last Friday prayers of this Ramzan were not allowed to be held at the Jamia Masjid here by authorities.“On the very significant religious occasion of Jumatul Vida, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest and not allowed to go to Jama Masjid and Jamia Masjid was ...

SRINAGAR: An extraordinary meeting of the officials and members of Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar was held at the head office of Auqaf under the chairmanship of its head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq.In the meeting, arrangements were finalised for the facilities of worshipers in the historic Central ...

Where a centuries-old mosque once stood inside Delhi's Mehrauli, there is now a flat patch of land barricaded by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) authorities. This was the sight after the DDA demolished Masjid Akhunji, Madrasa Bahrul Uloom and a decades-old graveyard abruptly in the wee hours of 31 January, ...

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the scheduled inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya next month, slogans demanding the rebuilding of Babri Masjid have surfaced on the walls of the Language Study Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).Photos of the graffiti, which was discovered by students on Wednesday night, were widely ...

Srinagar: Congregational prayers were not allowed at the historic Jamia Masjid here on Friday in view of apprehensions of protests against the Israeli action in Gaza, sources said. The grand mosque located in Nowhatta area of the city here was locked and no Friday prayers were allowed, officials said. ...

Srinagar:Police on Saturday said that it has arrested 10 people for trying to vitiate peaceful atmosphere yesterday at Jamia Masjid Srinagar. The Srinagar Police while informing via micro blogging X wrote, ” 10 Hooligans arrested for trying to vitiate peaceful atmosphere outside Jamia Masjid Yesterday after friday prayers. They ...

Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri on Friday said that the congregational prayers led by Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at historic Jamia Srinagar Masjid concluded peacefully. Talking to reporters, Bidhuri,said that prayers concluded peacefully, which is the dividend of peace process. “The credit goes to the ...