by Ovais Gull
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership on Monday said the coming Friday be commemorated as Yawm e Taqaddus and the surrounding areas of Jamia Masjid Srinagar will offer Friday congregational prayers at the valley’s grand mosque.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that JRL has decided to commemorate the coming Friday as yawm e taqaddus and people in general and specifically surrounding areas will ‘make it a point that they offer congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid’.
The announcement made these announcement after the JRL held meeting today.
This comes days after some boys jumped on the ‘Mimbar of Jamia’ and unfurled flags and shouted slogans in favour of ‘Daesh’.
“On Friday all the nearby areas should follow the programe that no Friday prayers be offered in adjoining areas specially and all should converge at Jamia,” he said.
He also said that on Wednesday after Zuhar prayers people are asked to converge at Jamia for cleaning purposes after it was desecrated by those who want ‘Islam loving people to divide’.
“There have been continuous conspiracies since long to break the centrality of Jamia Masjid, as a political, cultural center of Muslims. However since many such operations have failed now some agencies have come up to break our ranks by disguising as Islam lovers,” Mirwaiz said, post JRL meeting at Syed Ali Geelani’s residence.
He said that all the organization, including militant organization have condemned these vested interests.
“They are being used by agencies and we will uncover them soon,” he said, adding that ‘time has come to throw these people out, who use Islam to create divisions among muslims of the state, from our ranks.’
