ASI survey to resume after Friday prayers at Gyanvapi mosque complex
According to officials, the ASI survey that started at 7.00 am on Friday with a team of 40 experts, has been stopped for lunch and is scheduled to resume after 02.30 pm.
For the third consecutive week, authorities did not allow Friday prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in old Srinagar.
Authorities imposed restrictions in Nowhatta area disallowing prayers.
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, senior separatist leader who delivers the Friday sermon at the Jamia Majid, tweeted that on the one hand, youths were being killed in Kashmir and on the other hand, religious rights of the people were being snatched by using force.
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آج لگاتار تیسراجمعہ اور امسال 16واں جمعہ جامع مسجد میں نماز جمعہ کی اجازت نہیں،نظربندی کا 20 واں دن ،ایک طرف ہمارے نوجوانوں کوچن چن کر مارا جارہا ہے دوسری جانب طاقت کے بل پر مذہبی حقوق بھی سلب، ظلم کے خلاف آواز اٹھانے اور احتجاج کرنے پر بھی پابندی pic.twitter.com/iZElmpaUx0
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) October 26, 2018
Fearing clashes between the youth and the security forces after the Friday prayers, authorities had made heavy deployments of security forces to impose restrictions in Nowhatta area where the Jamia Masjid is situated.
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